[blparent] Santa and children's reactions

[Jane Jordan (GMail)]

My five-year-old is afraid of Santa face-=to-face, but she asks me to 
send him emails each year.  Thankfully, I have a contact with the North 
Pole (www.pressakey.net) and he answers in two days or so.

Forget Santa coming into her room, though.  Last year he did, and we 
think that upset her some, so this year,he's going to leave stuff on her 
bench, I think. :)

The reason she's so scared of him?  "He's bigger than Mommy and Daddy 
and me."

We never push it; we have no photos of her with santa, and I don't think 
she cares.
Jane



On 12/16/2009 3:01 PM, Karla Hudson wrote:
> Hi Group,
>
> I thought I would chime in here on the Santa reaction issue for small
> children.  Well, I have the grumpiest picture of my two year-old with Santa.
> He would stand by him but not take a nice picture.  Oh well, that is one for
> the history books.  You certainly need to keep in mind the comfort level of
> your child because lets face it this Santa guy is a stranger.  I needed to
> deal with this discussion with my daughter recently while eating dinner and
> talking about Santa.  Now keep in mind that she is testing the water about
> this entire Santa process.  So she says to me "it is okay to go with Santa."
> Well, we had a very pointed conversation about not going with people we
> don't know Santa included.  We pointed out to her that someone could pretend
> to be the real Santa and leaving with that person could be really bad.
>
> I think there are creative ways to help children to feel safe about Santa
> coming in their home.  For instance, if you have a security code system
> indicating that you only give Santa that number and then change it each year
> after he leaves.  You could indicate that it is "okay" for adults to see
> Santa in your home and that you wait up for him and let him in the house.
> There are ways to get around these concerns with children.  I truly believe
> that some day my kids will love the idea that mom and dad played an
> important role in the Santa experience.  I certainly know I have very fond
> memories of anticipating his arrival as a small child.  What pure magic!
>
> Good luck!  Your child will probably react different each year.
>
> Karla
>
>
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