I Hate Santa Spoilers!!

[EveDallas]

Ds11 either still believes or he is the best actor ever. Dd9 firmly believes. I'm glad my kids are still children! Too many are growing up too fast. And just so you know, they are wonderful, smart, sweet kids-no psychological problems! I must have missed where the OP asked for strangers to analyze her child's psyche!

Some of you want to think all kids are good and kind. Some are just mean and nasty. They then turn into mean and nasty adults. I would keep my kids away from this neighborhood bully as well.

I'm sorry your Christmas was messed up OP. I hope you can still have a magical time. I love the magic of Christmas and the spirit of Santa. Luckily, I have a new little one on the way, and we'll get to experience that innocence for many years to come.

I have to agree. If I knew without a doubt that some kid was determined to spoil something that my child believed in, you'd better believe we'd be steering clear of said kid!

 

[TLSnell1981]

Oh, I have a very heartwarming Santa story. Bear with me because it's a little long, but it's so worth it.

My mom grew up quite poor. They lived in the projects in Detroit and she was the youngest of five (actually the youngest of 8, but only 5 survived past infancy) four of them were girls. Being the youngest, she always got hand-me-downs, nothing ever new, nothing ever just hers.

Well, one day (she was about 5 at the time) she was playing in the playground close to their house she saw Santa Claus walking by. She stood there utterly amazed. It wasn't even Christmas and there was Santa walking through the projects! Then she saw him walk right up to her house and go inside. She stood there, frozen, watching until he came out. As he passed her he stopped to say hello, and he even knew her name. She, of course, could barely squeak out "hi." He patted her on the head and walked on out of the projects.

My mom then ran as fast as she could to her house and burst in. There, she saw her dad rubbing his eyes. She could barely talk, she said "Dad! Dad! Santa was here! I saw him come into the house! Did you see him? What did he say?" My Grandpa said he didn't know. He said Santa sprinkled sleepy dust on him and he fell asleep. He then said "but he left a package and it says it's for the youngest girl in the house." My mom could hardly contain herself she said "That's me! That's me!" So her dad told her to go open it. Inside the package was a beautiful, brand new baby doll. Just for her. And brought by Santa. She named her Bonnie and cherishes it to this day.

Isn't that the best Santa story ever??? I'm crying my eyes out as I type. When I think of what that meant to my little 5 year old mama, and what it must have meant to my Grandpa to do something so special for his little girl. This was at a time when they could barely afford to eat, he did this for her. He knew how much it would mean to her. And he held on to the secret of how he pulled it off his entire life. My mother even asked him on his deathbed "Dad, who played Santa that time? Who brought me my Bonnie?" He told her "I don't know what you're talking about. You were there, you saw. Santa brought it."

If that isn't magic, I don't know what is. Personally, I think Santa did bring it. I still believe

Thank you, for sharing such a beautiful story! You made me cry.

 

[C.Ann]

How about because they look ignorant and immature to their classmates who have a clue. Pretending is good. Being ignorant, not so much...

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Sorry, but I just have to say it.. Calling children you have never met "ignorant" - based on how they "appear" to other classmates - is the epitome of ignorance - coming from someone I "assume" is an adult..

I can think of a whole slew of things that DGD's classmates "have a clue" about and thank God she doesn't follow that pact!

If children today weren't forced into leaving their childhood so early - by peer pressure; adults who can't/won't mind their own business; trashy clothing starting as early as kindergarten; etc. - this world would be a lot better off..

 

[TLSnell1981]

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Sorry, but I just have to say it.. Calling children you have never met "ignorant" - based on how they "appear" to other classmates - is the epitome of ignorance - coming from someone I "assume" is an adult..

I can think of a whole slew of things that DGD's classmates "have a clue" about and thank God she doesn't follow that pact!

If children today weren't forced into leaving their childhood so early - by peer pressure; adults who can't/won't mind their own business; trashy clothing starting as early as kindergarten; etc. - this world would be a lot better off..

ITA!!!! Children are no longer allowed to be children. They are expected to carry all the "grown up" baggage at a very early age. Everybody needs a little magic in their lives!! THANKS WALT!!!!

 

[arminnie]

This must be another one of those regional differences - like giving big cash gifts at weddings vs. a present.

I asked several friends about their children and grandchildren. All of them said that no one believed after 5 or 6 at the latest. They were pretty surprised to hear of 10 and 11 year olds who really still believed.

Here's a funny Christmas story from my house. My sister is 12 years younger than I am (and 9 years younger than my brother). My brother and I did not get Santa toys when we were teenagers. My sister wanted to make sure that she kept getting toys so she claimed to still believe for years! We still kid her about that.

 

[DisneyKT]

I think you missed that fact that this little girl is clearly unhappy. The behavior by the other mothers is not helping her.

Try a little kindness people.

We'll have to agree to disagree. It's sad that the other little girl is unhappy but she shouldn't ruin it for others or make other children unhappy.

 

[KiminChicago]

We had to deal with our own Santa spoiler a couple of years ago. Every year our Cub Scout pack has a Christmas bowling party and Santa always makes an appearance to give each of the Scouts their pinewood derby kit. Well, a couple of years ago when it was time for our den to visit with Santa, this one boy loudly announced that "Santa isn't real and I already know what I'm going to get and I don't want it!" To say that the other parents weren't pleased is an understatement.

When the Christmas party came around last year, I pulled the mom aside at a den meeting the week before, and explained to her that we did not want a repeat of the prior year's incident. She gave me this blank look and said "well, I don't lie to my children, so what am I supposed to do?" I told her that if her son acted up again, we were going to ask her to take him home.

Fortunately, we're Boy Scouts now and all the boys are in on the secret.

 

[DisneyKT]

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Sorry, but I just have to say it.. Calling children you have never met "ignorant" - based on how they "appear" to other classmates - is the epitome of ignorance - coming from someone I "assume" is an adult..

I can think of a whole slew of things that DGD's classmates "have a clue" about and thank God she doesn't follow that pact!

If children today weren't forced into leaving their childhood so early - by peer pressure; adults who can't/won't mind their own business; trashy clothing starting as early as kindergarten; etc. - this world would be a lot better off..

Great post C Ann. And your so right about the clothing part..

 

[EpcotBeauty]

I have to agree. If I knew without a doubt that some kid was determined to spoil something that my child believed in, you'd better believe we'd be steering clear of said kid!

You know, we had other children tell my kids (when they believed) that Santa wasn't real. We just told our kids that some people don't believe. My kids just thought the other kids were nuts and not in on the "Santa Secret". Of course, they soon found out the truth and it wasn't traumatic.