Until DH, I never met someone with such strong opinions about NOT doing Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny. Instead we will exchange teeth for money in the daytime, and Easter baskets will be from us.
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We will do both. I believe in giving my kids a little magic in their childhood.
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We will do both as that is how we both grew up.
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Even though I grew up religious, the Easter Bunny was never a thing for us. We knew very well that it was Mom giving us Easter baskets and they were the ones who hid the eggs. Most of the time there weren't even any eggs to find at home...we did it at church later and they made a big show of keeping the kids busy while the adults went to hide eggs. I never knew what the point of the Easter Bunny was growing up and didn't know until I was older that people believed in him like Santa Claus. It was confusing!
We don't celebrate Easter so it doesn't matter, but even if we did I don't think we would do Easter Bunny since it's a foreign concept to me anyway. But we'll probably do the Tooth Fairy.
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I don't know anyone who doesn't do them.
Kids should have some fun with these things I think.
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I haven't had to address the Tooth Fairy yet, so I'm not sure exactly what we'll do. Maybe a special dinner to commemorate the first tooth? But we skipped the Easter Bunny and Santa, mostly because there are plenty of other fun/magical things to focus on during Easter and Christmas without them and there are enough presents. Santa is a character in Christmas books to LO, and he knows that Santa is loosely based on a real guy called St. Nicholas (who we do celebrate, but on Dec. 6). Also, my LO never wanted any part of sitting on Santa's lap, so I didn't push the issue.
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The Easter Bunny isn't really a thing over here. Neither are Easter Egg hunts, really, but they are becoming more popular. We just give chocolate eggs - and participate in Easter bonnet competitions!!
The tooth fairy will definitely be visiting our house though.
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DS is still young but we will be doing both when he's old enough for sure!
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Haven't thought about the tooth fairy so I'll discuss with DH if he plans on doing it or just us giving the kiddos money for it.
We'll skip the Easter Bunny. I didn't do it growing up and DH didn't either. We'll take them Easter egg hunting though!
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I didn't realize that the Easter Bunny is like Santa. I've never heard of that before. Easter was more of a religious holiday in my home, and there was never an emphasis on gifts. DH is big into Santa and will handle that.
ETA: I grew up with as non-American parent, so maybe that's why I've never heard of this version of the Easter Bunny.
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We definitely do both. That's how dh and I grew up and want to continue those things for lo. She's not in the losing teeth stage yet but she already knows all about the tooth fairy from books and a peppa pig episode lol. I was a fairly skeptical kid and can barely recall ever actually believe Santa et al were truly real, but I definitely remember the magic and fun of it all (and still feel it to be honest!) It's such a short time that kids believe in the possibility of magic like that so dh and I are all for facilitating that.
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We will do the tooth fairy, but not the Easter bunny since we don't celebrate Easter (we also don't do Santa)
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Before HB I never heard of *not* doing these things (assuming you celebrate the given holiday). As another posted said, we want to keep the magic in their lives while they're little.
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I don't think we'll do either. We will probably still have an Easter basket hidden for her for fun, but she doesn't have to be told it is from some mythical being. Same with the teeth. It is fun to put it under your pillow and get a dollar, but she doesn't have to be told it is from a fictitious person. Just like Christmas, no magic is lost.
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We're total atheists but we both love having fun with Santa and the Easter Bunny. And LO hasn't lost any teeth yet, but stories about the tooth fairy, and occasional treats from him/her, are what keep our toothbrushing routine going strong!
The internet seems full of people who have issues with these things, but I haven't met a single person in real life who objects so strongly.
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We'll do both. It's so much fun to do these magical things with kids.
I've never heard of anyone skipping either (unless their religion doesn't include Easter, then obviously there is no Easter bunny).
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Who knows what we'll do. My husband is not american or christian, so all of these things are pretty foreign to him and he doesn't really "get" them, but would defer to me if I really wanted to do something. But....I don't really care myself as I didn't grow up with the Easter Bunny. Welll I mean, sometimes I had pictures with the Easter bunny, but I never thought he was REAL and came to my house. My mom did easter baskets and I always knew they were from her, and we opened them before going to Easter Sunrise services.
Last year, I hosted an Easter egg hunt for LO and her toddler friends--and it was hilarious because 90% of the attending families were Jewish and my husband is Hindu, so no one had ever done one before except me, haha.
I guess we do holidays :"lite". Like, some fun cultural stuff but with no big effort to make things seem "real" to the littles.
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We don't really do Santa/tooth fairy/easter bunny either.
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I assume we will do the tooth fairy.... haven't talked about it yet.
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We don't do any of the make believe holiday characters. Easter is pretty easy because where I live, it's not a thing. Actually hearing my husband trying to explain the Easter bunny to his mom (they're both Mexican) was pretty hilarious and made me realize how crazy it is! I mean, we don't do Santa but at least he's, like, a person. LOL.
But I don't have anything new against the idea of doing all this stuff... It's just not for us!
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@JerricaBenton: This. Both of us grew up with all of these characters. I have no memory of truly believing but I was always skeptical (and still am). I played along for my little brothers, though, and enjoyed the magic immensely even though I didn't really believe. We will be doing all three. To me, it was a highlight of childhood.
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The more magic the better! Chocolate Eggs and Treats for Teeth FTW!
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My son believes in the Easter Bunny, I have no idea how he got this notion because I've never mentioned it. He just said that he can't wait until the Easter Bunny visits because he'll get a basket with presents.
I look at it like I do Santa, I didn't mention it, but this year, he asked for something specific from Santa. I figure that the time will come when he doesn't believe, but for now, I just follow his lead and let him decide what he believes and doesn't, versus me dictating it to him.
As for the Tooth Fairy, we're not there yet, but I suspect he'll hear about it in school when a peer looses a tooth and for that, I'll also follow his lead and go along with it.
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I don't know anyone that doesn't do them. We will do both. Already do the Easter bunny but it isn't much.
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Undecided. She got an Easter basket from us, but I'm not sure about saying a bunny actually does it? I never remember believing in either or Santa. We will follow her lead likely.
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@Mrs. Turtle: yes! I have the best memories of playing along for my little brother and even for my parents lol. If anything, it added to the fun! And it made me appreciate how much my patents did to make it so fun! I'm also still very skeptical
I've always thought that because I'm such a 'realist' that's maybe why I yearn for a little magic!
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No to Easter bunny, yes to tooth fairy!
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We do all of those!
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@Anagram: yes, my parents did the easter bunny and tooth fairy, but i don't remember believing they really came to my house, more of an idea? like a character?
we'll do these things because it's all in fun. the easter bunny is definitely not the focus of easter for us though! it's just fun to give kiddos gifts and it's usually token things.
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We will do all of the above. Santa, EOTS, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny... any others you'd like to suggest?
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We will do all of them, but will frame them as a fun make-believe game, so that we don't ever have to lie.
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Outside of HB, I've never known anyone who doesn't do Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny or Santa!
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I didn't answer the pole, but LO knows that Daddy is the Easter Bunny for church. Last year she hung out with us while we got him in his costume. We gave her an Easter basket though.
For the Tooth Fairy, I want to give her books instead while she's sleeping, but we shall see.
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Same! @Mrs.KMM: Childhood is a short and magical time.
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Growing up, I was visited by the Tooth Fairy :). I remember leaving a letter and getting those big dollar coins. It was fun and I'll probably do the same.
We don't really do the Easter Bunny or baskets at this point and probably won't. We dye eggs, go egg hunting, and have special treats, though. If I did do a basket, it'd probably be from DH/I or grandparents.
DH didn't do Santa, bunny, fairy, etc growing up. He doesn't have strong feelings about it so I just take the lead
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@BKCaribBaby: ditto! I didn't know the bunny was supposed to bring the basket.
We'll be doing the Tooth Fairy, but Grandma does the Easter baskets.
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I don't think I've heard of ppl being against the tooth fairy, Santa or easter bunny bunny outside of HB
I'm kinda confused about the Bunny - I never knew what his role was, haha, and how he fit into everything. We did an Easter egg hunt but didn't mention the bunny just because we didn't really know what to say about him
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I am opposed to Santa Claus, but I really dislike the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy. OH and I have tentatively agreed to not bringing up either but if LO starts to believe, that's fine. If she flat asks is either is real the answer won't be a lie (it will probably be a re-direct). I wised up to both around 7 or 8 and it was annoying that my parents kept insisting I believe.
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We will let DD lead the way with all of these including Santa. My plan is to say nothing unless she asks where the stuff came from. I'm not going to go out of my way to tell her about these characters or make her believe they're real. But I'm not going to necessarily straight up tell her they're fake unless she asks.
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Not sure how to vote. I think we'll tell her about them, but not that they're real. She'll know it's us, but it will be a fun game.
I wasn't 100% on not doing Santa as real, but when I asked DH he said hell no, so we'll be doing the same for Santa. Fun idea, not real.
I've never heard of anyone skipping either (unless their religion doesn't include Easter, then obviously there is no Easter bunny).
I've always thought that because I'm such a 'realist' that's maybe why I yearn for a little magic!
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