https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:51:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa/page/2#post-393371 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:52:35 +0000 BelugaBean 393371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we both believed in Santa plus we love Christmas so she'll definitely know about Santa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa/page/2#post-393363 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:50:16 +0000 Maysprout 393363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love imagination so there will def be a lot of make believe in our house. My husband said he never believed in Santa, and its fine if she doesn't ever believe, but I'm definitely going to tell her stories and play the game probably way past when she stops believing, we still pretend at my house and we're all adults. </p> <p>She's almost 1 and a half and already she loves pretending she's a puppy, and I'm going to try to foster that creative/imaginative side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa/page/2#post-393320 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:36:22 +0000 ladyfingers 393320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I had Santa, DH had Santa, LO will have Santa as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa/page/2#post-393249 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:10:17 +0000 mrstilly 393249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm torn as well. I figured it out because my babysitter in elementary school didn't do Santa in their house and they put gifts under their tree as they bought/wrapped them, so we figured it out by early elementary school. It wasn't a big deal to us either way. We travel for Christmas though, since for me, Christmas is about being with my family. (And it's my birthday too, so I am selfish about spending the actual day of with my family since we see DH's family all. the. time!) So if we get into Santa, then we have to get into how he knows where we are going to be, etc... it seems like a lot of lies to me for something that I didn't care about growing up. </p> <p>But I'm pretty sure that our families will outweigh me in this decision, and I'll give in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa/page/2#post-392881 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:50:36 +0000 Mrs.B 392881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are all about Santa in our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392822 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:57:00 +0000 chopsuey 392822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I didn't believe in Santa growing up and we discussed and decided that our kids won't believe in him either.<br /> We want to teach our children what the true meaning of Christmas is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392819 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:50:25 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 392819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure. I didn't grow up believing in Santa. My parents treated Santa the same way that @Mrs. Superhero and @Mrsbells mentioned. I certainly don't feel like I missed any of the magic of Christmas by not believing in Santa. My husband grew up with Santa and very much wants our kids to do the same. I have no idea what we'll do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392813 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:44:04 +0000 Mrsbells 392813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I wont tell my LO that santa is real. I will tell her that santa is a fictional character and that we as her parents buy the gifts. As a christian I want my child to understand that christmas is about the birth of Christ and what that means. not a magical person with flying reindeer.<br /> I was glad my parents explained it to me this way. I still liked santa just as much as I liked other fictional character like the little mermaid or snow white </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392809 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:36:33 +0000 Honeybee 392809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're pro-Santa in my house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392623 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:27:45 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 392623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither of us grew up believing in Santa, and we won't teach or kids that he's real. Christmas is more of a Holy day for us anyway. I'm not against Santa, and will watch movies and read stories about him, we'll just talk about him like we do about any story. Nutcracker's don't really come to life, but the story is still magical and fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392601 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:16:52 +0000 Springtime 392601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes definitely! I remember being so excited for Santa to come, putting out cookies and milk, etc.. I want DS to experience it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392540 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:45:21 +0000 heffalump 392540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: yes my friends were jealous of me growing up! But really Christmas is a much bigger deal, not only is it everywhere we look (luckily wont be in her preschool but will be in elementary) but for us its not an important holiday. It was just made bigger because kids were jealous of Christmas. Still we will celebrate and make it special for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392521 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:35:11 +0000 regberadaisy 392521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: um if I were her I'd much rather get gifts for 8 days straight than just one day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392491 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:19:47 +0000 Charm54 392491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes for sure ! I love the magic of Christmas and all that comes along with it :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392485 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:17:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 392485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Oh, yeah, the way you guys decided makes perfect sense too! I didn't actually know any Jewish kids growing up, so I have no idea how most families do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392483 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:15:12 +0000 heffalump 392483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: yes at first I wanted to do it my moms way too.... but I understand where dh is coming from. We're Jewish, we don't do Santa. As long as I'm not flat out telling lo he doesn't exist, I think we should be fine. I just hope she's not sad that Santa doesn't come to her house or think she's been bad, especially because her cousins will be having Santa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392462 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:06:28 +0000 Foodnerd81 392462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely. I just turned and asked DH this and he looked at me like I asked if we would feed our children or something, so he's on board. </p> <p>@artbee: I think the way your mom handled it was really sweet. And smart to avoid having to be the mom going over to apologize for ruining Christmas.</p> <p>But, all kids eventually learn he's not real, whether it's a kid with an older sibling who told them, or whatever, so you can't really blame however they find out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392459 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:04:32 +0000 jedeve 392459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I get offended when people get all adamant about how it's lying to your kids. St. Nicholas is a real figure in my religion! I was never traumatized about finding out. I just figured it out eventually. And didn't tell my mom because she'd be too upset. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392407 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:32:58 +0000 travelgirl1 392407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so excited about seeing Ariela get excited about Santa, writing to him, leaving carrots and cookies on Christmas Eve... Us leaving white footprints in the house for her so she'll know he's been.... I think I'll start this year, even though she'll only be about 5 weeks old!</p> <p>@regberadaisy: this happened to my niece too last year, I was so sad for her, even though she didn't fully believe her friend I think the element of doubt took away a lot of the magic for her. Poor thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392378 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:12:51 +0000 aprk 392378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I just don't remember anything magical about Santa. It's not a big deal in our family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392371 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:09:29 +0000 photojane 392371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course! Santa played a big part of my childhood. We always celebrated the religious aspects of Christmas, but we had all the Santa fun too. I want my kids to have both too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392355 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:54:00 +0000 sslm 392355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will definitely teach our kids about santa. It just makes the holidays so much more magical! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392340 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:44:12 +0000 regberadaisy 392340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: I know, I know. I was just so sad for her! She was at that age where Santa is the best. That was the saddest I've ever heard her voice! I just wanted to squeeze her so hard and shield her forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392334 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:39:16 +0000 skibobrown 392334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Awww... see my reply above. It's really hard to teach little kids to keep their mouths shut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392330 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:33:17 +0000 singingbee 392330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We will teach about st. Nicholaus and all that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392326 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:29:14 +0000 regberadaisy 392326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! And parents who don't want to better teach their kids to keep their mouth shut! When my niece was 7 someone told her at school that Santa was not real. She told me in the saddest voice that her friend said there's no Santa. I immediately proclaimed of course he's real!!! Don't listen to your friend. Ugh made me SO mad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392282 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:05:41 +0000 JerricaBenton 392282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely! My parents made Santa so much fun for us when we were little. By the time I figured it out, I understood why and happily played along for my brother. We still understood what Christmas is really all about, went to church and Catechism and had plenty of religious traditions as well, so I don't see it as a problem from that standpoint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392279 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:05:10 +0000 ShootingStar 392279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not religious but I can't imagine not having our kids believe in Santa. It just makes the holiday so much more fun and magical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392269 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:00:25 +0000 softcream 392269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i remember knowing the story of santa, but i don't remember ever thinking he was real. if our child learns about santa, it likely won't be from me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-teach-your-lo-about-santa#post-392239 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:48:47 +0000 DigAPony 392239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd like to do it. My husband isn't so keen on the idea, but I think it's fun so he's willing to go along with it. </p>