tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post3076182583951624090..comments2023-10-17T02:54:55.895-05:00Comments on Concordian Sisters of Perpetual Parturition: Book Review: Saint NicholasRebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-75873143842946982362007-12-02T08:45:00.000-06:002007-12-02T08:45:00.000-06:00The bum! :D Nice. And good luck to you, Elephant's...The bum! :D Nice. And good luck to you, Elephant's Child--I've wondered if we're going to tick off some other parents somewhere down the line with our unbelieving children . . . .Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-52438990455193500122007-12-01T19:36:00.000-06:002007-12-01T19:36:00.000-06:00About the beginning of Advent last year, my Dd, th...About the beginning of Advent last year, my Dd, then age 4, asked me point blank if Santa was real. Up to that point we simply hadn't discussed Santa at all. Not yes, not no, not really anything. Since we're a homeschooling family without cable TV, I can only figure she picked up clues about S.C. at ... Sunday School.<BR/><BR/>I told her no, he's not real. Nothing more was said or asked & she went on with her day.<BR/><BR/>Until Christmas with my sister-in-law and her family.<BR/>(cue ominous music)<BR/>The reindeer pies hit the oscillating ceiling device. I got in HUGE trouble for not adequately "catechizing" (for lack of better term) my kid. I was apparently supposed to threaten her w/ corporal punishment if she "ruined" it for other kids. <BR/><BR/>Sigh. Now, she's decided on her own that she wants to believe in Santa, and I can't be too hard-line in disabusing her of the notion, since we're going to be w/ the in-laws again this Christmas. I've tried telling her that it's a fun game that some families play, but she says, "NO! He's REAL!" I've stopped saying anything at all when she brings it up. Total silence & a change of topic.<BR/><BR/>It's not surprising that you can rearrange "Santa" to spell something else. -ahem-Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-21501080844330188732007-12-01T14:57:00.000-06:002007-12-01T14:57:00.000-06:00I was also raised Santa-less and will do the same ...I was also raised Santa-less and will do the same in my household if the time comes. Aside from the fact that the focus on Santa takes away from Jesus, my parents later explained to me that they did not want to lie to me. As a grade schooler I was also amazed that some of my classmates took the whole thing seriously,mzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058633356374866613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-90171754093820041552007-12-01T13:03:00.000-06:002007-12-01T13:03:00.000-06:00Ours was a Santa free zone too - as was my sister-...Ours was a Santa free zone too - as was my sister-in-law's. My brother-in-law taught his children to refer to him as "the bum." As in, "O look, mommy! The bum is back!" We didn't quite go THAT far.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com