[blparent] Santa and children's reactions

[Barbara Hammel]

At our Saturday School Christmas the past two years Paul has pulled off 
Santa's hat.  This year we have a picture of poor Santa trying to hang onto 
his hat and hair!  We've never taken the twins to see Santa ourselves at the 
mall but school has.  Jesse headbutted Santa this year.  Santa really means 
nothing to them.
Barbara

Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the 
coldest hearts.

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From: "Jane Jordan (GMail)" <juanitatighan at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:22 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Santa and children's reactions

> 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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