Do you let your kids believe in Santa Claus? đ
While Lucas is growing up, we didnât talked much about Santa Claus. Just only this year, when he started watching Klaus on Netflix that he started to ponder if he is real or not.
We wonder as parents if letting our children believe, is good or a bad thing. There are a lot of arguments that letting them believe is a form of lying and that youâre using it as a strategy to get them to behave in order for them to get what they want. Once they figure it out in due time, there is a risk that theyâll feel like youâve broken your trust.
On the positive side, believing in impossible such like Santa Claus exercises their reasoning skills that involves their imagination and creativity. Imagining how Santa goes around delivering gifts to children, riding in a sleigh with reindeers and going down the chimney.
Last year, we bought his first-ever mega Nerf sniper gun (big sale) for his very early Christmas gift.
He was so happy to receive a new toy but he wanted a different toy gun that has lights & sound and way more expensive. đ
When Christmas arrived, he was looking for a gift from Santa. We didnât know he was expecting and we didnât get to prepare any gift coming from âSanta Clausâ.
We kept asking him if the presents he received (from his classmates, from our family, friends and from us) arenât enough? He still insisted that if Santa Claus is real, why arenât there any gifts from him. đ
At first, we didnât know what to do and say. I was thinking of a way to buy it âfrom Santaâ but the traffic was so bad all over.
My mom, who is the grandmother of my son told us to encourage Lucas to draw or make a letter from Santa Claus. Even though Christmas was over, I told him that maybe Santa is not yet done delivering gifts to all the kids.
We were worried that when he goes back to school, they might be asking questions on what they got from Santa Claus.
This was his drawing for Santa Claus
Because we didnât get to put up our Christmas tree, I told him to pin it in our cork board for Santa to see it. đ
I promised him that I will talk to Santa to give his gift before 2019 ends, as long as he listens to us and does his Kumon assignments everyday. So then, he agrees in our deal.
When we got home from a party last December 28, I immediately got the gifts from his dad and put it on his study table. He was so sleepy already that I thought he wouldnât see it that night. The moment he saw the gifts on his table, this is what happenedâŚ
He canât resist his happiness, only then he doubted again if Santa Claus was real and maybe one of us bought it for him. đł Good thing I have an honest reason and asked him: âHow could have I done it? Iâm always with you 24/7??â (which is true!!) He then asked his dad if he had bought the gifts, I then told him that daddy doesnât have the money anymore.â đ
This is what he got from âSanta Clausâ⌠a robot claw and a toy gun with lights and sound. đ
Naughty? or Nice?
The next day, he still canât believe that Santa is real and he got what he wished for Christmas!
âThe most beautiful thing in the world is to see your child smiling.â
Seeing him so happy and excited, means the world to me as a mother. When the right time comes, I know he would find out the truth behind Santa Claus. In the meanwhile , I just let him to be a kid and enjoy every moment.
Hoping his wish list this year for Santa wonât be excessively expensive! đ đ đ
What did your kids got from âSantaâ last Christmas?
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Xoxo,
Simply Passionate Mom
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