Poll: Does Santa Claus exist? More importantly, what will you tell your children?

[TheIceface]

*As I occasional do with threads I create, I will give you the situation and question and let a few people discuss before sharing my position on the subject.*

Christmas is only a month or so away, yet the Christmas ads have been on TV since October. I'd like to assume that many people on the forums either are, or intend to be married with children some day.

Are you going to tell your child about Santa Claus? Are you going to take them to the mall and sit in his lap? Are you going to put up all the decorations of reindeer and such on the roof? Etc.

Alternatively, if you disagree with your spouse on what should be done with the children regarding Santa Claus, are you going to side with your spouse, undermine them, or simply request that they side with you?

 

[PersianLlama]

No, Santa Claus does not exist. And I plan on telling my children he doesn't. I'm not going to have them blindly believe in something that obviously isn't true. If my spouse disagrees, I'm not sure what I'd do then. I'd have to put in more thought.

 

[Erana]

I have mixed feelings about Santa.
The year I found out that he didn't exist, I was given a bycicle. Things were pretty rough at that point in time, and it was the big present. Because I had a rediculously huge ego, I was threatened by something I did not know how to use, and became upset that Santa brought me something that made me feel stupid.
The look on my mother's face...

I still feel so ashamed for how ungrateful I was.
I hate being dependant on her. I feel like I just take and take, and that I could never possibly repay her for all that she has done.

I like the Christmas season, but I hate getting gifts. It makes me feel like an ungrateful jerk.

 

[crimsondynamics]

No, Santa Claus does not exist. And I plan on telling my children he doesn't. I'm not going to have them blindly believe in something that obviously isn't true. If my spouse disagrees, I'm not sure what I'd do then. I'd have to put in more thought.

"Ask mom!"

 

[black lincon]

Of course not, but then again I was never lied to by my parents. I believe that my first detention ever came from telling another first grader that Santa was not real and calling him infantile(yes I used that word in 1st grade, admittedly coping my brother but I knew what it meant) for believing, ah memories.

 

[LewsTherin]

I'll tell them the truth and then explain what Christmas is REALLY about.

 

[WlknCntrdiction]

I told my brother(whos 11, I think)that he doesn't exist, like Persian said I'm not blindly going to have them believe in "it". I learnt myself that it was impossible to deliver presents to everyone in the world in one night, all 6 billion+ people, yeah, not possible.

I'll probably tell them the same thing about God, hopefully if I've raised them well they'll argue with me and actually give me a valid reason instead of pointing to the Bible they have.

 

[Altorin]

I believed in Santa Claus as a kid and learning when I was a little older that he wasn't real, or that other things weren't real (at least in the physical sense of the word real) didn't hurt me none.

My kids will be excited for santa claus and all that fun stuff, because I want them to be happy when they're little, while being happy is easy.. Seeing my kids be happy will make me happy.

 

[Calobi]

I won't have kids. I would be a terrible father, despite the fact I'm great with kids.

If my friends' kids ask me about Santa, I don't know what I'll do.

 

[Erana]

Why not tell your child about Santa?
It reinforces that little part inside of people that says, it can.
People who lack that part are often very cold-hearted and imbittered.

 

[Dr Pussymagnet]

I found out that Santa wasn't real after looking over the railing in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve and seeing my mom and dad put all the presents under the tree.



Also I have to ask, where the hell did Santa come from? I mean, how could anyone think that a fat guy in a red suit would be relevant to the birth of Jesus?

 

[Spartan Bannana]

I will try to make my children understand that Santa Claus is merely a symbol, and to follow his values of giving and caring and togetherness, but only after they are 5, because you have to let them believe for a little bit.

 

[Dr.Doctor]

I plan on telling my kids that he exists, just because that whole sense of wonder around Christmas is all about Santa.( At least for kids.)
I'm sure that they'll soon grow out of it and not be completly destroyed by the realization that Santa doesn't exist.

I actually believed in Santa until I was around 5 or 6.
At first when I learned he wasn't real I was thrown into a deep depression for about 3 minutes, then was distracted by somthing shiny.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Don't tell children that Santa exists?

You'd do less harm not teaching them to read.

 

[Dragonrabbit]

I'm not going to tell them he exist, why would I set them up for disappointment later in life.
I don't see the point in telling them that something fictional isn't, saying Santa exists is no different than telling them Unicorns or elves exist, except for the fact, maybe, that there's a general consensus among los ninos that he is real.

 

[Emmitt_Nervend]

I'm not sure which question I'm answering in the poll so I just chose the last one.

 

[TerraMGP]

Christmas is the day after my birthday, Mom told me right away santa was not real, I was like 'ok' and made due with knowing she got me twice the presents. Best part I never got that whole 'mom lied to me' thing because she never has.

Santa does no good for children. Just be straight with them. I plan to

 

[Lt. Sera]

Don't tell em he exists, don't tell em he doesn't. T'is a cheap way out, but really, why actively try to ruin something that (to me) was a whole lot of fun in my childhood?

 

[sequio]

Don't tell children that Santa exists?

You'd do less harm not teaching them to read.

huh?? I don't see how they equate?