[blparent] Santa and children's reactions

Sat Dec 19 01:45:53 UTC 2009

Not NFB, I will check and let you know the e-mail address. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Allison (NFBA)
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 5:29 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Santa and children's reactions

Hi Veronica,
What e-mail address did you use?  Was this the NFB program?  Do you know if 
they're still accepting letters?  Now that my little guy's off school he 
*finally* wants to write a letter.  But I suspect it's too late for a 
Braille response.

Allison

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Santa and children's reactions

> Gab sent a letter via e-mail. v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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