Is Santa fake?

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

teaching kids that there is a santa and then eventually they find out you lied to them is a terrible tradition

we told our son and daughter the truth, and its worked out much better, we still talk about santa but they know its fake, its like a game, and my uncle wears a santa suit for them, its much more fun then lying to them, i hope everyone starts doing this

[–]whistlepig 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yea. My parents have a high level of that mid-western honesty in them. Especially my mother, and discovering that she had lied to me really rocked my world view.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think most kids use this experience to feel they are really smart for working it out.

Except my cousin who believed in Father Christmas until he was 13 because "my mum and dad don't earn enough money to pay for all the presents I get." I mean he wasn't wrong ...

[–]madcow-5 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t get the purpose of it.

[–]whereswhat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I tend to agree with this approach but perhaps there is some value in the childhood experience of learning adults can lie about something like santa? I'm on the fence still I guess.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

yeah I think it's good for kids however one problem is kids at first I think are mad at their parents, the parents lied to them, not society, of course I think parents don't understand why we do this either. The santa myth was started by corporations looking to damage the parent child bond. It's slightly mixed in with christianity so parents feel like it is a good thing.