Should parents tell their kids the truth about Santa?

[mazHur]

Pigs are awesome.

Yeah, perhaps that's why there are Pigs in the sky!!

If Truth was amazing and all-time right, why do people hide it from others???

 

[edgray]

If Truth was amazing and all-time right, why do people hide it from others???

What kind of truth are you talking about?

 

[LostAngel]

Very well put edgray. i totally agree with you. with what you said i really have nothing to add now.

 

[edgray]

Very well put edgray. i totally agree with you. with what you said i really have nothing to add now.

Thank you, but think of something, we need to make this thread another 3 pages longer for DarkAngel.

 

[AnnaBabyx]

I think kids should just be told the truth about Santa. They will find out the truth eventually anyway, so it’s probably best to just tell them at the beginning. Plus, why would parents want to buy a bunch of presents and want to give credit to someone who doesn’t even exist? Parents make children believe Santa is magical. And when children find out the truth, they don’t know what to do or how to react other than to cry. They wouldn’t cry if they knew from the start that he wasn’t real.

 

[mazHur]

What kind of truth are you talking about?

Truth has only ONE form
IF you don't know that
YOU are merely fantasizing
Like a lost blind bat.
Maz said it!

 

[edgray]

I think kids should just be told the truth about Santa. They will find out the truth eventually anyway, so it’s probably best to just tell them at the beginning. Plus, why would parents want to buy a bunch of presents and want to give credit to someone who doesn’t even exist? Parents make children believe Santa is magical. And when children find out the truth, they don’t know what to do or how to react other than to cry. They wouldn’t cry if they knew from the start that he wasn’t real.

That's something I never understood. I wouldn't want to give the credit to someone else!

Does anyone here remember when they found out the truth about Santa?

 

[edgray]

Truth has only ONE form
IF you don't know that
YOU are merely fantasizing
Like a lost blind bat.
Maz said it!

Aye well there is one universal truth, if that's what you mean. And it's called "mathematics".

 

[AnnaBabyx]

That's something I never understood. I wouldn't want to give the credit to someone else!

Does anyone here remember when they found out the truth about Santa?

Yeah i do!

 

[edgray]

Yeah i do!

How did it go?

 

[darkcgi]

I also found out that if I kept pretending that I believed I got more presents than other kids in my family who didnt.

 

[AnnaBabyx]

How did it go?

My mum told me when i was little and i was okay because some people at school were saying he wasn't real or something.

 

[edgray]

I also found out that if I kept pretending that I believed I got more presents than other kids in my family who didnt.

devious, nice :thumbup

 

[edgray]

My mum told me when i was little and i was okay because some people at school were saying he wasn't real or something.

Damn those schools. It's horrible the things that people learn in them..

It was too long ago for me. I don't actually remember believing in Santa, although I'm sure I probably did.

 

[LostAngel]

I wouldn't know i have to go on what people say about public schools (I have been homeschooled all my life) ts more like self taught nowadays. Parents : *Throws books* "Read them if you want to get smart" So i did. now i have to try to find stuff online to do.

 

[darkangel]

Does anyone here remember when they found out the truth about Santa?

Oh Oh I do!!! I asked my dad why Santa always gives me clothes for Christmas. He in turn said that it was cuz your mother wants you to be warm during the winter. Talk about a confusing answer! :willy_nilly: But that's how I found out that Santa didn't exist. And it just broke my little heart. :sarcasm

I still think that children need to have some make believe in their lives. Why make them grow up so fast? Part of being a child is being able to have make believe. They play pretend all of the time and that doesn't scar them for life. So as parents isn't it our obligation to let our children believe in something that is really harmless to them?

 

[mazHur]

Truth has only ONE form
IF you don’t know that
YOU are merely fantasizing
Like a lost blind bat.

Read more: http://authspot.com/poetry/the-reality-of-truth/#ixzz19RJY1PkK​

 

[LostAngel]

I grew a brain. and just realized it. without anything really proving he/she/it was real or not. i just used logic i assume....

 

[anathelia]

I grew a brain. and just realized it. without anything really proving he/she/it was real or not. i just used logic i assume....

That's what happened to me. I just grew up and realized that he wasn't real. I never held anything against my parents, and I applaud their creativity at the home video of Santa putting presents under the tree and eating the milk and cookies. And even a bell to sound like the reindeer. They really went out of their way.

To this day, my mom will still deny her part in that video, and that it really was Santa Claus. I know better at this point, but there's some part of my heart, the part that didn't grow up too fast, that believes that maybe, JUST MAYBE, it's real.

 

[edgray]

Oh Oh I do!!! I asked my dad why Santa always gives me clothes for Christmas. He in turn said that it was cuz your mother wants you to be warm during the winter. Talk about a confusing answer! :willy_nilly: But that's how I found out that Santa didn't exist. And it just broke my little heart. :sarcasm

I still think that children need to have some make believe in their lives. Why make them grow up so fast? Part of being a child is being able to have make believe. They play pretend all of the time and that doesn't scar them for life. So as parents isn't it our obligation to let our children believe in something that is really harmless to them?

Aawww. Your Dad let it slip by accident? Cute

I don't think make-believe stops kids growing up. Things like santa are forced on them by adults, they don't have a choice in the matter. What makes kids grow up is age. You can't avoid that.

Like I said before, I couldn't say whether it does any harm or not, I very much doubt it. But I just don't see the need for it any more, other than to keep those cash registers ticking over...