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Telling kids about Santa #1
So I read that Justin Beiber's mom always told him Santa wasn't real because she didn't want him to be mad that she lied to him when he found out it wasn't true. Just made me wonder what everyone else's childhood experience was when the dream came crashing down.
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Re: Telling kids about Santa #1
I was just disappointed that he wasn't "real." My aunt told me at age 7 that he wasn't real becasue she thought I was too old. I am more upset now that she ruined the magic of it.
You know, I wasn't really upset or disappointed. It was more of an "Ah ha!" since I had wondered if Santa was really my parents for a couple of years. I didn't officially figure it out on my own since I dismissed that thought.
I didn't see it as lying at all; nor was I angry at my parents in any way. I saw it as something special parents did for kids. I had fun continuing the Santa thing with my parents (pretending he was real) since my brother was younger than me and believed for a few more years.
I was probably old to have still been sort of believing.....I think my parents told me when I was in third grade....can't really remember.
I remember being a little sad when I realized it for sure. I remember that once I could read, I recognized my mom's handwriting on the tags from "Santa" and she told me at the time that Santa just asked them to wrap things for us.
It made the glimmer of Christmas feel a little less exciting, but I still loved the Santa game, and it wasn't until I was about 16 that all of us had figured it out. My youngest brother was only like 5, it was kind of sad for me that he figured it out that soon, but he is really smart and not as gullible as I am. I think I believed til I was like 10.
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I just eventually figured it out, but enjoyed playing along as long as possible.
I have a CW who mentioned they don't lie to their kids, including Santa, which I thought was a bit strange. Not sure how things work in their house, I didn't ask for more details. I don't see it as a lie as much as encouraging imagination and the general spirit of the season.
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SEE! That just totally supports the argument that Santa presents should not be wrapped!
Ho Ho Ho.
What do you mean, Santa isn't real? I refuse to stop believing.
I never remember not believing in Santa. We always got santa presents even when the youngest member of the family was 20. We wrote letters, we got them back, we believed through and through.
And as to the handwriting, duh, you have someone else write for Santa. My Mom has perfected Santa handwriting over the years, so she wrote out Charlotte's letter already.
My mom had one of her friends write the santa labels. I think they switched and did it for each other.
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Same for me.
On the first day of first grade Francis Brown told me and everyone sitting at our little group of desks that SAnta, Easter Bunny, tooth fairy, etc were "not real". I asked my mom and she said if you don't believe then you no longer get gifts from them. So...to this day, I believe.=) We even got gifts from Santa last year when were at my parents for Christmas.
I think I will probably do the same with E. It's all about believing in the spirit and the magic of Christmas.
N knows the Easter bunny isn't real. When he was 3 he told me that rabbits can't carry baskets because they don't have hands so he couldn't be real. I'm ok with that. I don't give presents for Easter anyway so he's not losing out on anything with that one. He knows I hide the eggs and put out the candy and has fun with it just the same.
This happened to me too. I was just shy of turning 6. I think I remember being kind of excited (to figure it out) and bummed (Santa wasn't real) at the same time. My sister was just an infant, so I always kept up the act for her (she believed til she was about 10, I think), but my parents knew that I knew.
That said, I still totally believe in the "magic" of Christmas - it's harder now, but I still see it in people.
My parents were in the Jesus vs. Santa thing, so Christmas was never about Santa, and always told us it was a lie. I remember getting into a fight with the neighbor girl, Jenny, when we were 6 or 7 about it.
Then... Santa miraculously came to life when I was about 14 and had Dad's handwriting.
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I was 5 and we got a Macintosh computer for Christmas from Santa. I was convinced that elves were not smart enough to make computers. I was devastated. I cried all morning. My then 11 year old brother thought that if I stopped believing that Santa wouldn't come back and he spent all day trying to convince me he was real and elves were really smart.