tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post4786038450862686028..comments2023-10-24T10:13:19.334-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Mommy Missionary: Is Santa Coming to Your Town?Mommy Missionaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13181846130612614265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post-78174861039028535182009-12-16T14:25:02.636-06:002009-12-16T14:25:02.636-06:00Santa Grandpa is going to love this picture~!!!
M...Santa Grandpa is going to love this picture~!!!<br /><br />MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post-79866905723840572212009-12-14T12:39:07.281-06:002009-12-14T12:39:07.281-06:00Michelle - You have brought up such a great dilemm...Michelle - You have brought up such a great dilemmna. I was told really young by a classmate in preschool about Santa and since all the tags that said from Santa had my mother's handwriting - I realized it was just for fun. When we were first married I heard a pastor share about how he told his kids the truth so that they wouldn't think, "Well, you lied about Santa... what else have you lied about... Jesus?" Joel and I took that to heart and have always told our kids the truth about Santa. However, we always add, Santa (St. Nick) believed in Jesus too and was giving gifts as a way to honor Christ and show His love to others. We tell our kids that Santa is a fun thing to pretend and if they want to set out cookies or pretend that Santa is coming they can. At our house Santa usually just leaves them a note because the one year Santa signed his name it was my handwriting and they didn't like it! :) We watch the classic movies - my kids know Rudolph and all those songs too, but they also know it's for fun and just a way to remind us to be generous. Today I did a quick search and found this website that give the history of St. Nick and Santa.<br />http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=38<br />Merry Christmas!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488142978366141871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post-52821059173633893682009-12-14T08:04:52.977-06:002009-12-14T08:04:52.977-06:00That's a great perspective!That's a great perspective!Mommy Missionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181846130612614265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post-26590224041883091022009-12-14T00:27:57.848-06:002009-12-14T00:27:57.848-06:00As a child who did have that EXACT crisis of faith...As a child who did have that EXACT crisis of faith when I found out that Santa, the tooth fairy, etc. weren't real I can tell you how we have handled it. The very first time our child asked us if Santa was real, we told her no. She was 3. We told her about the real Saint Nicholas and how the Santa myth came about and that it was a game we play as a family to help us remember the spirit of giving at Christmas. We have had no regrets about handling it this way. There was no trauma or drama about the big revelation and no confusion about what really IS real, Jesus.Teribear68https://www.blogger.com/profile/00521963493128758920noreply@blogger.com