[blparent] Santa and children's reactions

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Allison (NFBA)
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:38 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Santa and children's reactions

Both NFB and Hadley do Braille letters from Santa if a child writes to them.

The letters from the kids can be written in print or Braille.  I think the 
letter back from Santa is in both.  I've never done this but I think it 
sounds cool.  I was gonna have my little guy write a print letter to Santa 
and get a Braille one back.  He's sighted, but he loves all things Braille. 
However, I never got him to sit down and write any kind of letter to Santa, 
print braille or otherwise.  But some of you may wanna try one of these 
programs.  I suspect they're still accepting letters.  NFB's number is 
410-659-9314 if someone wants to learn more about the program.  I know 
Hadley does a Braille letter program too but I don't have their contact 
info.

Just a random FYI for you all.

Allison



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jane Jordan (GMail)" <juanitatighan at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:22 PM
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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