Comments on: Santa Claus Isn’t Coming to Town, and Neither is Indiana Jones

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:50:49 +0000

We have a hard time with Santa in our house, too. Jaina fully believes in Santa, despite Brian telling her time and time again that he’s the one that buys the presents. She thinks he’s just being mean and funny! We’ve tried to get Jayce to believe in Santa, but because he isn’t a “concrete” idea that can be proven or seen, Jayce isn’t quite sure about the Santa he’s seen on TV and read about in books. He insisted last year that Grandma put the presents under the tree. This year he’s obsessed with “the list” and if Santa has video cameras because of the Polar Express movie.

By: ZebraBelly

ZebraBelly — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:35:01 +0000

I think it’s quite likely, Sarah. But I don’t know how to help him release the anxiety since he so strongly believes Santa exists “on this earth.” I haven’t had a chance to talk to him yet, though. Maybe I will be surprised.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:46:18 +0000

I’ve always liked the Santa story and don’t see the need to class it as a “lie”. When I was 4 or so though, Santa scared me too – but more precisely it was the guy dressed up as Santa who’d come round on the local Round Table society sleigh who scared me; I didn’t want him in my house putting things in my stocking. So for a start my stocking was put *outside* my bedroom door and then Dad let me in on the notion that maybe it wasn’t the guy on the car-towed sleigh who put the presents in it, maybe it was him and Mum.

Where are the kids’ stockings put? Or does Santa put things under the tree over there? I just wonder if Elliott is like me and doesn’t like the idea of “some guy” coming into his house, or too near him.

By: Kuky

Kuky — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:23:49 +0000

I find this so interesting. Growing up my family didn’t really celebrate holidays. My memory is awful but I can remember one year me and my sister desperately wanting to believe.

So now, we think it’s fun to let our daughter, Isabelle, believe in Santa. I never gave much thought about how she’d react as she gets older. Hope she doesn’t feel betrayed.

By: bethany actually

bethany actually — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:12:57 +0000

Elliot is one of the most awesome kids I know. Margie is another. Just so you know.

I never believed in Santa either. When my mom found out as a kid that Santa wasn’t real, she felt betrayed by her parents, so she always made sure me and my brother knew it was make-believe. We still pretended Santa was bringing us presents, though, and had fun with it. We’ve never pushed hard one way or the other with Annalie. She seems to have sort of always known Santa is pretend, but she tells us that she likes to pretend he’s real, and we’re down with that. But if Troy and I pretend that WE think Santa (or the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy) are real, Annalie gets very annoyed with us and tells us she KNOWS those things are really just us, her parents. It’s interesting, like it’s okay for her to act like Santa is real, but if the grown-ups act like they think he’s real it bothers her.

By: Annika

Annika — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:34:42 +0000

Okay, clearheart’s comment is so good that I have nothing to add.

By: clearheart

clearheart — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:38:58 +0000

I was totally scared of Santa. The whole month of December, I thought that he was peeking out of our fireplace. Upside down.
And the holiday specials on TV were so, so, horribly sad. I mean, Frosty melts, they are horrible bullies to poor Rudolf. And let’s not get started on Charlie Brown.
I was So Glad to meet Steve and get to be Jewish.