What do you mean, “some parents don’t tell their kids Santa shit”? Aren’t we kidding?

Originally released in December 2021

As I delve into the depths of parenting, I discover a parallel world where we’ve moved away from sickening topical debates like “for or against the iel pronoun” and replaced them with far more divisive ones like the one we’re concerned with today, about whether you should or not let your kids believe in Santa Claus.

Actually, before becoming a mother, I didn’t know we had a choice. I thought ALL the kids in Christmas-celebrating families believed it, until the day a big, cruel, sadistic cousin dropped the piece – violent, painful revelation that sounded the brutal end of childish innocence, but what do you want: a rite of passage is a rite of passage. When I got my tongue pierced to celebrate my 18th birthday, it didn’t even feel right.

However, I recently learned that unlike the mocking great aunt we stick to every New Year’s because the family feels guilty about leaving her alone in the retirement home, Santa Claus was not an obligatory guest of our end of year celebrations!

Make believe or not make believe Santa Claus

I will show the color live: I am part of the #teamperenoel4ever. And the Saint-Nicolas team, and the mouse team, and the bell team, etc. I loved to believe it as a kid, though since then I discovered the sad truth (so just under 30 years ago), life no longer tastes the same. But it’s Christmas anyway, rejoice!

In short, I project all my childhood loves onto my children and I have only one wish: to share these literally magical moments of time with them and infuse a little imagination into their daily lives.

Of course, there aren’t only benefits to believing in Santa Claus. This belief can have impact on the whole familyand especially about mom and dad — OK, especially mom, statistically, who went to the trouble of finding bespoke gifts to be overshadowed by an aged white cismec (coincidentally) WHO DOESN’T EVEN EXIST!

And all this in total self-sacrifice, given that in 2021, you can’t even blackmail Santa anymore to his children without being immediately relegated to the rank of unworthy and abusive parent. You tell me, I was already there in this line since I blatantly lie to my kids into believing that one guy defies the laws of gravity and globally our entire world every December 25th, but hey.

Personally I live it well and I have no problem lying from time to time. Burn me if you want, but children will be children and there are a number of things I prefer to keep to myself.

Don’t make him believe in Santa Claus

There are people who don’t want their children to believe in Santa Claus. I know, I also know a surprising number raised.

I thought for a long time that it wasa marginal practice praised by some positive parenting extremists, but NO. These killjoys populate our streets and their children attend the same schools as us, ready to spill the beans and ruin this magical moment at the same time!

Naturally, these ultimate Grinches have some good points in their furry and red felt socks. Because deep down it LOOKS like this not making Santa believe is not completely rejecting this moment of celebration and ignore the bounties, but simply revisit the tradition in his own way without having to lie or invent strange cracks that could justify why, despite the existence of the big bearded man, some children are much more spoiled than others.

Between injustice and a feeling of betrayal at the moment of the discovery of stasis, our dear Santa Claus not only arouses happy feelings in his little admirers. I PRESUME.

Each family has its own tradition

After the surprise of realizing that this Santa story was not systematic at all, and that what I considered the last childhood memory was considered a dubious belief by some of my peers, I came to the conclusion: be careful, hold on that it will move – that no matter the rituals, there was always a way to breathe a little magic in a child’s daily lifewhether or not we celebrate Christmas, whether or not we believe in Santa Claus.

As for me, I won’t change teams, but I have already adopted a Santa Claus who prefers green to red, who has nothing against second-hand or recycling and who sneaks away to family members who would like to help him avoid plastic toys that are just look at you and leave to pile up.

Keep on ! Merry Christmas to all!

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