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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Telling kids about Santa #2
My kid is too young, we haven't brought it up yet.
I plan to tell her about Santa next year.
No more baby siggie pics. Boo.
J is 6 1/2. Last year he started to become skeptical about it, so this year we've really hyped it up and are doing are very best to make sure he knows Santa is for real! There is just something so magical about believing in Santa.
Mama's Gonna Buy You A Mockingbird
Santa is alive and well in this house.
Should she ever ask if he's real we will go with "I believe. If you stop believing you'll get underwear for Christmas." :-)
DS1 has played along for years with all of it - Santa, Tooth Fairy, etc - because he knew that Santa would keep bringing him things along with his little brothers. Stepmom told DS3 this past year that Santa wasn't real (me=not happy) but I still insist that he is. I'm also sad for DS3 that he was told instead of figuring it out for himself, because I think kids figure things out when they're ready to.
*I* believe in Santa, as the spirit of Christmas, giving, joy, and selflessness. Saint Nick was a real person who shared with others out of his own heart of thankfulness and gratitude for what he had been given, and how he felt about God's gifts. I see absolutely no problem teaching my children to emulate that, and to even be Santa - in the flesh - for others as they grow up. Not that I view it exactly the same, but I try to teach them to be Jesus' "hands and feet" on earth and help others too.
This year, Little G has started getting excited about seeing "Sata" different places. We've also watched Veggie Tales' Saint Nicholas: A Story about Joyful Giving along with some of the other traditional cartoons. The big boys know that they are expected to believe in the real Santa, flying reindeer, etc until LG is ready to move out of that phase.PHOTOS REMOVED