Comments on: Is it “okay” to Lie about Santa? (Yes!)

By: Debbie Drummond

Debbie Drummond — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:02:37 +0000

No! You should be honest to your child that Santa is not true. Just an imagination of our ANCESTOR! lol

By: Tom Burkard

Tom Burkard — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:20 +0000

My mum never lied to me about anything, and especially not Santa. It didn’t do me any harm, but as soon as my own son was old enough to talk I lied to him about all sorts of things. When he asked why it rained, I made up stories about a giant who lived in the clouds who had a big hosepipe–it was a lot easier than trying to explain elementary physics to a 4-year-old. Needless to say, he never believed a word of it, but he loved it. That’s why he always asked me questions, and seldom asked his mum, who usually tried to answer questions seriously.

For heaven’s sake, parents ought to lighten up. So long as you love your kids and enjoy being with them, it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference what you do. Tho it is a lot easier if you make up your mind at the beginning that you are the boss.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:03:39 +0000

I also totally agree with you Nancy. (Me and the kids are watching all the Christmas movies on Movies 24 we are so imbued with the Christmas spirit).
The horrible thing about this is the erosion of our old friend adult authority; there seems to be no understanding of the magic of childhood any more; and the difference in the way as an adult you see things and the way a child sees things.

It is as if we want to deny children the innocence of childhood in the guise of protecting children-Jennie’s comment is pertinent here. Adults and children are not the same- letting the childrens’ imagination and innocent belief blossom is not a lie. It is only if you see your child as an equal to you would you look at it like this-which just seems a strange way to look at the world.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:33:00 +0000

With you on that one, Nancy. Now my kids are old enough really to ‘get’ Santa, Christmas etc, I find myself becoming actually upset by the implicit cultural campaign against Santa. Not only what you say – the way that (in Britain certainly) the whole thing has been caught up in the paedophile panics, so even the concept of ‘viisiting Santa in his grotto’ begins to sound dirty and suspicious. Needless to say, anything involving blokes voluteering as Santa, and other adults (usually mums!) helping him becomes a focus for a crazed CRB-checking frenzy, which spoils the whole thing for me – god only knows what the kids make of it!