Santa bashers getting their jollies

Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^ | 12/11/03 | Michael M. Bates

[HarleyD]

I never believe in the Easter Bunny. The thought of a rabbit coming around hiding eggs just seemed ridiculous to me. But a man in a red suit with eight tiny reindeer who flew around the world in one night delivering presents seemed completely logical to me.

[Sunshine Sister]

I believed in Santa too. Nothing wrong with that. He never failed me. Neither did the Easter bunny or the tooth fairy! Let the kids alone. The author is exactly right. Kids grow up way to fast so let them enjoy their make believe.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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...T'was SANTA & US vs. "THEM"..

...outside the Beverly Hilton's 'HATE BUSH' Meeting last Tuesday Night in Bevery Hills =


'THE NUTS HATE BUSH BUT WE LUVYA DUBYA: Beverly Hills AfterFreep Report!'


http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1032739/posts


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[mtbopfuyn]

Better watch out. Santa's checking his list and the Naughty Kid List is growing by leaps and bounds. He's had to place an extra order of coal this year.

[talleyman]

The three stages of learning are knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. As a child, I believed in Santa. As a teenager, I learned "the truth". It was only much later, when I had a child of my own, that I learned "the truth" was wrong. "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus..."

[Itzlzha]

Better watch out. Santa's checking his list and the Naughty Kid List is growing by leaps and bounds. He's had to place an extra order of coal this year.

The Watermellon-Greens have obtained a court order demanding that Santa MUST use low-sulphur Coal...and the Klintons and Mokhtar Riady(and his masters, the PRC) are making HUGE profits!

Again, Santa DID have a US source for said coal, but Klinton made it a National Monument...all to drive up Mokhtar's profits!

[onyx]

Good post, but be warned. We have a whole lot of Santa "victims" here on FR. Why on one thread alone, the whining went on for 275 posts.

Thanks for the ping, Ronnie.

[Howlin]

*Sigh*

Here they come!

[onyx]

ROFLMAO! I'm tempted to ping 'em just for laughs.

[cupcakes]

Not only that, after blasting some scrooge on Freerepublic the other day, I remembered something that helped firm my decision up about Santa or no Santa. It was something said to me in a way I had never thought of before.
The reason most kids don't come away thinking their parents are *liars* of the worse order for pretending there is a Santa. As parents when we play Santa, we give without any expectation of recognition on our parts, sometimes for the first time in our lives. "Santa" gets all the credit. As kids realize who "Santa" really is, perhaps they don't outwardly express that as a learned lesson, but the fact that the tradition continues means some kind of lesson and joy for giving gifts anonymously is had by people. I wish I had time to explain it better.

My 5 yr old still believes in Santa. She's smart as a whip and I know at some point, I expect before she hits 7 or 8, she is going to figure it out. I can tell already by how she is that she won't hate her dad and I for doing it. If anything she will be positively giddy to help with the younger kids and I know she'll still get some joy in finding presents under the tree for herself from "Santa";-)
Someone who ends up with a sullen and hateful child when they find out there is no Santa has some deeper issues to wrangle with and should have that child seen by a psychologist imo.

[cupcakes]

Hey Sun, don't you have fun with Santa movies too still? I still find myself just having a blast letting myself slip into make believe when I watch those and shed a tear or two remembering what it was like to think like a child. I have fond memories of my childhood and the Santa thing. I never felt betrayed by my parents over that issue, not ever.

[cupcakes]

Hey Sun, don't you have fun with Santa movies too still? I still find myself just having a blast letting myself slip into make believe when I watch those and shed a tear or two remembering what it was like to think like a child. I have fond memories of my childhood and the Santa thing. I never felt betrayed by my parents over that issue, not ever.

[cupcakes]

Hey Sun, don't you have fun with Santa movies too still? I still find myself just having a blast letting myself slip into make believe when I watch those and shed a tear or two remembering what it was like to think like a child. I have fond memories of my childhood and the Santa thing. I never felt betrayed by my parents over that issue, not ever.

[cupcakes]

LMAO--ain't that the truth.

[onyx]

LMAO! is right. That was one unforgettable thread.

[Sunshine Sister]

You are so completely right about Santa. When I went running to Mom with tears in my eyes she explained that well maybe Santa was not a real person but a special spirit of the season. That spirit was that we love others, be thankful for our bounty and help those who were not as fortunate as us. (We were really poor back then but I didn't know it!)

She explained how much fun it was to think about what I was going to give the other family members and last but not least, if Santa was not real, how did all those presents get there? I was a happy camper!

[Tamzee]

Careful on this thread, folks... Santa's online ;-)

[mikeb704]

But a man in a red suit with eight tiny reindeer who flew around the world in one night delivering presents seemed completely logical to me.

Sometimes, it still does.

[mikeb704]

Let the kids alone.

Unfortunately, some adults think they're doing children a favor by treating them as grown ups before their time.