TheBanyanTree: Who The Hell is My Secret Santa? (paul)

[Pam James]

to me, it's always been more a belief that believing in Santa was believing
in the magic of giving.... I don't have any childhood memories  one way or
the other
about Christmas - if I believed, what our parents told us, when I 'found
out'..... nothing.  I don't even remember when it was that my own children
figured it out.... it SUCKS to have no memory!!

On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 2:24 PM Theta Brentnall via TheBanyanTree <
thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com> wrote:

> One of our older daughter's friends decided she would not lie to her
> children about Santa.  Every time they walked by a Santa in a store or
> anyone asked the kids what they hoped Santa would bring, this friend,
> with an air of exalted virtue, would say that Santa is not real.  When
> Indy was a baby, our daughter threatened the friend with bodily harm if
> she said that in Indy's hearing and she said they would all be banned
> from the house during the Christmas season if her kids said anything to
> Indy.  Some years later, Maggie overheard her friend scolding one of her
> kids about something he'd said to someone that was honest but very
> hurtful. He responded that as long as they were talking about hurtful
> things, why had she refused to let them believe in Santa?  He had
> observed that when the kids who believed in Santa when they were young
> had more fun during the season anticipating Santa, and when his friends
> got older and found out the truth, they still had fun making Santa real
> for younger kids.  He told her that when he had kids, he was going to
> make Santa real for them and she better not mess it up.
>
> So there's a vote for the Santa spirit.
>
> Theta
>
> On 12/25/2021 12:38 PM, paul via TheBanyanTree wrote:
> > A theme this year seems to be "evil parents should go to hell for
> > lying to their children about Santa".  I don't know why.  Perhaps they
> > are still having a tantrum that they didn't get the Super Easy Bake
> > Oven or the bicycle was "just" a one speed and not a five speed.  I
> > know we would make a list from the Sears Christmas catalog and get
> > /nothing/ from our list.
> >
> > Yes, we had Santa when I was little.  It was a lot of fun.  All the
> > to-do about decorating the tree and wrapping presents you bought with
> > your saved allowance money.
> >
> > One year we made tree ornaments with the walnut shells left from Mom
> > making fruitcake.  She spray painted the shells gold and then we
> > looped dark green thread around a pine cone petal and glued the halves
> > together.  The next year we did it again with sycamore balls and
> > silver paint.
> >
> > I figured it out when I was nine, I think.  What with Mom leaving us
> > with a babysitter to go shopping and then hiding things around the
> > house.  Like we didn't know how to drag a chair from the dining room
> > to their bedroom closet to reach the shelf?  Yet, there were always
> > real nice surprises under the tree.  Come to think of it, she probably
> > stashed stuff in the attic or just kept it in the car's trunk. ...
> >
> > I was given the "do not say a word to the younger kids speech".  A
> > sister got the speech the net year.  It was, actually, a lot of fun
> > watching them being so excited for a few more years.  And I got to
> > stay up late and help wrap presents for my brother and sisters.  Kind
> > of like a grown-up.  :)
> >
> > Santa is for kids.  So is the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.  I
> > never felt lied to, I felt like "hey, I figured it out, I must be
> > growing up!"  And hey, look!  I have a Lady Head Dime under my pillow!
> >
> > I miss the fun.  I miss Mom's fruitcake.
> >
> > I have a pill bottle of Lady Head Dimes that I'll never ever spend.
> >
> > paul
> >
> >
> >
> > trsmith44 via TheBanyanTree said the following on 12/24/2021 9:13 AM:
> >> I like puzzles. That's good, because reality is full of them.
> >> I personally would welcome a secret Santa, both for the
> >> prospect of benevolent gifts and for the opportunity to try
> >> to unveil a mystery.
> >>
> >> I got over being lied to about Santa. That was easy when
> >> there was a new bicycle or roller skates under a Christmas
> >> tree. Maybe it is foolish for old folks to gift their children
> >> in old Santa's name. I forgive them.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >
> >
>
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