Comments on: Should We Encourage Belief In Santa? http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/should-we-encourage-belief-in-santa/ ...best job in the world Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Hewitt http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/should-we-encourage-belief-in-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-60504 Robert Hewitt Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:51:08 +0000 http://www.parenting-blog.net/?p=1196#comment-60504 This "Santa-no Santa" issue isn't a recent dilemma. I grew up an only child in the 1950s. Both my parents really seemed to want me to believe in Santa Claus and went to a certain amount of trouble to perpetuate the myth. At the same time, my mother managed drug stores and I was sometimes around when customers would put kid things on layaway "for Santa to give little Johnny", wink-wink, nudge-nudge. By the time I was seven, they began to take me with them when they helped friends, the owners of the city's largest sport and toy store, deliver bikes and other large items to special customers late on Christmas Eve night. The delivery run completed, we'd go home and I'd be put to bed, to be awakened the next morning and told, "Come see what Santa's left." It was all very interesting, even then, and the funny thing is that I half-bought into the concept that Santa might not come to all households, meaning that those parents had to pick up the slack, but he surely came to mine. Kids can rationalize anything, especially where an attractive, really powerful, societally sanctioned myth is involved. This “Santa-no Santa” issue isn’t a recent dilemma. I grew up an only child in the 1950s. Both my parents really seemed to want me to believe in Santa Claus and went to a certain amount of trouble to perpetuate the myth. At the same time, my mother managed drug stores and I was sometimes around when customers would put kid things on layaway “for Santa to give little Johnny”, wink-wink, nudge-nudge. By the time I was seven, they began to take me with them when they helped friends, the owners of the city’s largest sport and toy store, deliver bikes and other large items to special customers late on Christmas Eve night. The delivery run completed, we’d go home and I’d be put to bed, to be awakened the next morning and told, “Come see what Santa’s left.” It was all very interesting, even then, and the funny thing is that I half-bought into the concept that Santa might not come to all households, meaning that those parents had to pick up the slack, but he surely came to mine. Kids can rationalize anything, especially where an attractive, really powerful, societally sanctioned myth is involved.

]]> By: Royce Bair - Free Stock Photos Blog http://www.parenting-blog.net/holidays/should-we-encourage-belief-in-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-58983 Royce Bair - Free Stock Photos Blog Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:03:11 +0000 http://www.parenting-blog.net/?p=1196#comment-58983 You bring up some great questions! Here's a great old photo of a child's prayer being overheard by Santa: http://www.xmission.com/~tssphoto/xmas2/xmas_false.html ...and some comments to go with it. Royce Parenting issue photo: http://bit.ly/54KohH You bring up some great questions! Here’s a great old photo of a child’s prayer being overheard by Santa:
http://www.xmission.com/~tssphoto/xmas2/xmas_false.html
…and some comments to go with it.

Royce
Parenting issue photo:
http://bit.ly/54KohH

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