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In my circle of acquaintances with kids - there is nothing but happy memories of Christmas and Santa Claus and my own kids were happy to indulge in the fiction
by qqtt 4y ago
In my circle of acquaintances with kids - there is nothing but happy memories of Christmas and Santa Claus and my own kids were happy to indulge in the fiction for a while. I think like many things the reaction depends on the kid (just like for some kids Montessori schools themselves can be a good or bad option).
In any case - one would think if the illusion of Santa Claus did cause some trauma in kids, they themselves wouldn’t generally grow up to fully embrace the experience with their own kids.
- teachrdan 4y agoI've read two accounts of children who, upon learning that Santa Claus was not real, spontaneously concluded for themselves that God was not real either. Not necessarily a bad lesson! But probably not the one intended by the people who taught those kids about Santa :)
- lo_zamoyski 4y ago> I've read two accounts of children who, upon learning that Santa Claus was not real, spontaneously concluded for themselves that God was not real either. A Catholic professor's view[0] on just this. [0] http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/11/there-is-no-santa-clause.html http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2010/11/there-is-no-santa-cl...