playful Scrooging
Dec. 11th, 2007 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonAm I a total killjoy that I find this (found over at Pharyngula) rather amusing?
'Cos when I think about it, it does seem a bit weird/excessive to invent a jolly, gift-bearing man in red when all the Christmas decorations, gifts, etc. are going to be equally fun whether they come from Santa or Mom and Dad.
I mean, why not tell kids that Wonder Woman is bringing gifts to all the good boys and girls? At least it would render moot the thing about not letting kids find out that Santa isn't real.
I actually don't remember when I figured out that Santa=parents, but I don't remember being particularly traumatized or upset by it.
When/how did you find out about Santa (if you come from that background)?
'Cos when I think about it, it does seem a bit weird/excessive to invent a jolly, gift-bearing man in red when all the Christmas decorations, gifts, etc. are going to be equally fun whether they come from Santa or Mom and Dad.
I mean, why not tell kids that Wonder Woman is bringing gifts to all the good boys and girls? At least it would render moot the thing about not letting kids find out that Santa isn't real.
I actually don't remember when I figured out that Santa=parents, but I don't remember being particularly traumatized or upset by it.
When/how did you find out about Santa (if you come from that background)?
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Santa discoveries
Date: 2007-12-12 02:13 pm (UTC)About the time I was 6 or 7 (my birthday is in Feb. so at Christmas I'm six weeks from my next birthday) I noticed that Santa's handwriting and my mom's were surpringly similar. I also found the box that my baby carriage came in. Mom copped and that was it. We kept it quiet until my sister figured it out.
My kidlet figured it out about 2ish years ago. She twigged to the tooth fairy first, and then just carried the logic to the easter bunny and Santa. She's not freaked by it at all.
I don't think we ever did the go talk to Santa thing with the kidlet. Most because I always thougth it was just a bit creepy and too much hassle.