Monday, January 4, 2010

What's the Right Answer??

So now I got another dreaded question...
"Mommy, some kids in my class say Santa isn't real. Is he?" from Gabby.
I gave a sly, uncommitted answer, "I don't know, what do you think?" until I could get home to ask the Santa-master of the house. He said stay uncommitted. I can't remember any childhood experience to draw on to answer this. It's not that I didn't believe in Santa, we just didn't play it up too much that I can remember. I don't really care if she knows, but then it potentially spoils it for Ry and CJ, too, because I know she won't be able to keep that juicy of a secret!
Any ideas?

4 comments:

Trina said...

can't help ya - never believed myself! LOL
Maybe it's time to explain that Santa is a type, or a metaphor - That in reality,
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights" (James 1:17 i think)

Lexie said...

I like the vague reply. With all the Santa hoopla over, maybe she has forgotten and you can plan your strategy for next year. If she does figure it out, I think you will have to enlist her as your helper for hte other ones. I don't know.

Hanifa Imani said...

well I celebrate Kwanzaa and the oly thing I can say to u iz just believe in wat u think iz real. Not wat every body else thinks and their opinion. Cause sumtimes they cud b wrong. When u get a chance check out my blog. The website to it iz: http://hanifa-hanifawilson.blogspot.com well hope 2 c u there :^)

Gnällgubben said...

I think you should not lie to your kids.
You're setting a bad example.

"If Santa is not real, is God real?", they will wonder.

Or "How can I ever trust my parents again?"

If you want to start having an open and honest relationship with your kids you could tell them: "There is no Santa, we just made him up to teach you that you can't even trust us, so from now on you should always question everything, all authority, traditions and concepts that we take for granted, and then maybe one day you will find out the truth."