Messed Up ot Not: Teaching Your Kids About Santa Clause (At All)

[Comparison Ford]

Thoughts?

You know it's bad when imaginary beings are contributing to class warfare.

In all seriousness though, this is a tough subject. I'm an atheist, but I'm not entirely opposed to telling my (hypothetical) children about Santa. It's harmless enough, but I understand the secular perspective on this. It's just tough when you know you're gonna be introducing them into a world where it's gonna be thrown in their face constantly, and little kids aren't exactly known for keeping their mouths shut. I would keep the myth alive just to avoid the angry phone calls and hostile interactions with teachers and other parents.

This is one of those instances where I'm alright with being strong-armed by society. Not the hill I wanna die on.

 

[sooperhooper]

You know it's bad when imaginary beings are contributing to class warfare.

Cancel Santa

 

[jringo66]

My son is 3, almost 4 , and still believes in Santa and I've been dying to tell him this is all BS.
I've come to believe that the concept of Santa takes away from the value of the gifts he gets and diminishes our hard work, the people that are actually buying him gifts. When he was younger and couldn't express himself I didn't care and never thought about it but now that he can say "Santa can bring this for me" it boils my blood and I've expressed this to my Wife. We're probably going to give him the truth early next year....
Plus I told her "under NO circumstance do we allow him to hug or sit on a stranger's lap so why TF are we doing it for Santa ?".....She didn't have a good counter so no more Santa Land going forward

I'm a banker for 17 yrs and I've seen how these "harmless" concepts contribute to our financial downfall...

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

I lived in an apartment building growing up . I couldn't imagine a fat white guy coming down the incinerator and having a key to get in .

 

[alchemist iq]

I appreciate this this thread bump.
The last page was entertaining.

 

[sooperhooper]

Make a mistake

Vs.

Be a mistake

You know where you fall

 

[DCAllAfrican]

My son is 3, almost 4 , and still believes in Santa and I've been dying to tell him this is all BS.
I've come to believe that the concept of Santa takes away from the value of the gifts he gets and diminishes our hard work, the people that are actually buying him gifts. When he was younger and couldn't express himself I didn't care and never thought about it but now that he can say "Santa can bring this for me" it boils my blood and I've expressed this to my Wife. We're probably going to give him the truth early next year....
Plus I told her "under NO circumstance do we allow him to hug or sit on a stranger's lap so why TF are we doing it for Santa ?".....She didn't have a good counter so no more Santa Land going forward

I'm a banker for 17 yrs and I've seen how these "harmless" concepts contribute to our financial downfall...

Why did you let it fly from the jump?

 

[Grine]

My father told me, "ain't no white man bringing you any gifts. Your family is. That guy dressed in the Santa suit is your uncle."

Dude made sure I knew what it was

 

[2163O1baller90]

my elementary school teachers told me Santa wasn't real from a young age...but i believed until I was like 6/7 years..i think I just caught my parents wrapping gifts one year

 

[DCAllAfrican]

my elementary school teachers told me Santa wasn't real from a young age...but i believed until I was like 6/7 years..i think I just caught my parents wrapping gifts one year

Ruthless Teachers

 

[marikomorose]

Righteous Teachers

 

[$tacy]

Told mines the truth like 2 years ago. He’s 8, I also told him the truth about slavery, Christopher Columbus, thanksgiving and all the other foul **** white people did .

 

[denksss]

My girlfriends kid is 9. He still believes in Santa clause and the elf on the shelf.

 

[marikomorose]

Told mines the truth like 2 years ago. He’s 8, I also told him the truth about slavery, Christopher Columbus, thanksgiving and all the other foul **** white people did .

in one sitting?

 

[alchemist iq]

Told mines the truth like 2 years ago. He’s 8, I also told him the truth about slavery, Christopher Columbus, thanksgiving and all the other foul **** white people did .

 

[isyouserious]

I just might when I have kids. The lie led me down the path to stop believing everything else.

 

[6pac]

Imma give that to them for the first 7-8 years. The magic of being a kid is thinking that **** is true.

I'mma make them think Santa and pro wrestling real for at least the first 6-7 years . I remember being a late bloomer (like 7 or 8/) in realizing he was fake.

I'mma modify the concept a little though and make him black as hell and emphasize that you gotta give out good to recieve good. My lil ****** gon be saints starting the day after Halloween lol. Can't wait to have jits

 

[aquatic barefoot]

We never indoctrinated our children to the idea of Santa to begin with. My oldest figured it out on his own by age 4. After that, he put his little sister and brother on real quick when they came around. My wife and I were just sitting there like:

We do tell them not to spoil it for other children who might still believe in that though. To each his own.

 

[TURBO UNO]

Nobody has to tell the man who wrote the following line...

“I’m a grown *** man I don’t sit on *****’s lap and I ain’t looking for no gifts outta’ Santa Claus sack.
Santa ain’t real let alone is he black, catch’em coming down my chimney and the MAC will go
BRRRAAAT.”

Ladies and gentlemen that man was...

 

[sooperhooper]

That time of the year.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[KHUFU]

Now this is funny!

 

[kingkoopa]

I forgot how fierce it got on this topic lol

Master Zik are uou still an *** hole?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

"I will tell my kids Santa exists because I want my kids to have a childhood/imagination"

Still a horrible argument.

 

[cosmiccoffee9]

Santa is gonna behave in very interesting ways this year.