Comments on: Belief

By: asilon

asilon — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:41:14 +0000

Father Christmas is fun when they’re little, but I find reports of friends’ and acquaintances’ 9 and 10 year olds believing kind of weird, and was getting twitchy this year at my 7 year old’s persistently firm belief. Surely by 8 it’s obviously a story?

By: Mopsa

Mopsa — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:45:54 +0000

I’m confused! Do parents REALLY tell their children fairy/Santa/princess stories as if they were real and not just lovely tales? I thought that was a myth….

By: Beta Mum

Beta Mum — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:53:47 +0000

PM - we’ve tried the “if you don;t believe you won’t get the pressies” tack, but he’s pretty blase about getting them anyway.

MatL - I’m sure it would kill him to be told by Hannah!

Tracey - I doubt we’ll survive Santa for another year with Ben, but it’s be nice if he’s show some grit and determination in the face of sceptical friends with oplder siblings.

Erica - I hope Ben will react like you did if we do have to “fess up” to the deceit. He and Hannah are the youngest of all their many cousins, but he could atleast join in for his little sister for another year or so.

Beth - Hi Scruffy Mummy. Keep your partner in check. Santa is great when they’re little.

Rilly - you’d better get the old Marie Stopes booklet out me old mucker. Otherwise you’ll find you’re a granny before you know it!

By: Rilly Super

Rilly Super — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:25:48 +0000

of course you know what ‘little talk’ follows the ‘there isn’t really a santa claus’ chat kathy. I’m dreading telling my eldest about the facts of life, but I really feel I should broach the subject, at least before she goes to university I don’t want to leave it too late, but I’ve still got untill october thank goodness, sigh

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:54:08 +0000

Hi there - I used to post on your blog as Scruffy Mum but now have another blog as well. I’ve taken a break from blogging but am now back, resolved to get into it again!

I don’t know what I would do - my sprog is just 2.5 and is only grasping the Father Christmas/Santa concept. His dad is against keeping up the pretence but I think it’s lovely to have something magical to believe in.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:48:25 +0000

I remember having ‘the talk’, I must have been about seven or eight. After the initial upset I enjoyed being on the other team where my ‘new job’ was to ensure that my younger brother and cousins enjoyed the fantasy for as long as possible - I felt awfully grown up and the honesty eased my transition into a non believer.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:42:15 +0000

Exactly as PM says… No way are my eldest two going to tell their 9 year old sister! They know what side their bread is buttered on. (But probably because of friends in ‘older’ families who now don’t get any Santa presents!)
But then my 9 year old is working on a different sort of logic! ( http://crazytrace.blogspot.com/2007/12/based-on-all-available-evidence.html ) She refuses to believe what the naysayers say! (Even when we forgot to put out food and carrots for Santa and the reindeer this time!!! On Christmas day evening she pointed it out, and I said “Oh dear, so we did…” I am wondering how the logic will go this year…

By: Mother at Large

Mother at Large — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:13:48 +0000

I’m with Potty Mummy on this one.

My younger sister blew it for me with Santa. I’m not sure which was worse - losing the fantasy, or the ignominy of being told by her.

By: Potty Mummy

Potty Mummy — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:01:47 +0000

Perhaps if you point out to him that once Santa is gone, so is his sack of presents, he might re-find his faith… or at the very least, keep quiet about the fact that he’s lost it in front of his sister!