I do celebrate Christmas with Santa for my daughter, it is the fun and the "creativity" in the holidays however I also remind her that it is not about Santa bringing toys, it is also about celebrating Jesus' birthday (to most Christian believers) and the moral and spiritual feeling of goodwill toward others in the middle of winter. Why not have ALL of it and have fun with it. You don't need to spend alot to support the stores, etc. but the kids should feel good about giving and taking of the meaning of the holidays of good cheer!
My daughter, I don't know, but she has some idea that Santa isn't real...either she learned it from her classmates, or her older cousin or us, being neutral about Santa and Jesus' birth, wanting only food and fun during the holidays.
No, you are NOT cruel! I think it is a fine thing to do for your kids and who gives a rat's butt what they think!
My Mom thinks I'm a bad mom for buying "well used" Breyer horses for my daughter to play with, I mean, PLAY, as in play rough, drag it and get some good use out of it. I bought two Breyer traditional horses from
Ebay, that are older but playable, one had a ear tip broken off but who cares, daughter might end up breaking them due to her playfulness and wants to do all kinds of endurance things to the horses, as in jumping, putting them in trailers, etc. I won't buy her new ones until she wants to do collections and not play with them as much or none at all. Mom thinks it is "contaminated" when I buy Breyer horses from other people who has kids that outgrew playing them or heading for serious collections. Knowing my daughter, with ADD, she would not understand why horses are not meant to be played with when she already has the stables for them.
