Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Old ST.Nick


Every family has their own take on Santa Clause. Whether or not they have him in their home, if they tell their kids he's real, if they don't, if they incorporate him to suit their religious beliefs, there are many different ways a family approaches the big red guy.

 For us, it was a tough decision for a while. Funny, I never thought Chris Cringle would make it to topics to seriously be discussed between Cody and I. We had an answer before she was born, when she was a baby, and now that she is a walking, talking, smart little person. 

The very sum of our decision, is no, we will not be telling her Santa is real. However, as you can see in this post, Santa is definitely part of our family's Christmas. We decided that we weren't personally comfortable with telling her that Santa is real. It just didn't sit right with our parenting philosophies, but lucky for us, there are lots of fun ways to still enjoy the jolly old soul!

What we have told (and will tell) Mackynzie that Santa is the spirit of Christmas. Right now, due to age appropriate information for her developmental stage, she just knows that Santa is like a fun game. He is pretend, like a character in her story books. As she gets older, we will explain to her that Santa exists in all of us, because he represents the warm, fuzzy feelings of the season. All the joys and excitements and games and songs. We use Santa as the face of the bubbly excitement and fun. We are only giving her bits of information at a time (I'm sure next year will be easier), because we really want her to understand what we mean. That way, Santa will always be 'real' for her, (we won't have to deal with the awkward moments of her telling friends he's not real haha) just like he is 'real' for me. :)

We are counting down the days and will be tracking santa's progress to our house this Christmas eve. I just can not wait to see her sweet little face light up!

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