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Santa Claus The Poll

When I found out about Santa, I

  • When I found out about Santa, I was really sad and depressed. The "magic" of Christmas just was nev

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • When I found out about Santa, it made me a little bummed. But, I still enjoyed Christmas anyway. Gl

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • When I found out about Santa, it seriously made me wonder what else my parents were lying to me abou

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • When I found out about Santa, it seriously compromised my faith in God. If Santa wasn't real, then

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • When I found out about Santa, it didn't affect my belief in Jesus at all. Glad my parents told me ab

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • When I found out about Santa, I felt a lot more grown up than the kids who still believed. Glad my p

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • When I found out about Santa, I enjoyed Christmas even more, because Santa is a metaphor for giving.

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • I enjoyed believing in Santa when I was a kid, and did/will do the Santa thing with my kids.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I enjoyed believing in Santa when I was a kid, but won't do the Santa thing because it detracts from

    Votes: 5 55.6%

  • I enjoyed believing in Santa when I was a kid, but won't do the Santa thing because it was just too

    Votes: 2 22.2%
  • Total voters
    9
handy

handy

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There is currently a discussion about parents telling there kids about Santa, and possibly hurting their faith when they find out he isn't real.

Now, this isn't a scientific poll, but I would like to establish a couple of rules:

Rule 1: You must have believed in Santa when you were a little kid. If your family didn't do Santa, this poll isn't for you.
Rule 2: You cannot allow your current feelings about Santa color what you really did think back when you found out he wasn't real. Try to remember as correctly as possible how it truly impacted you when you learned the truth regarding Santa.
Rule 2, subsection a: You can allow your current feelings about Santa color how you will handle the whole Santa thing with your own family now that you're all grown up.
Rule 3: You can select two options; the option of how learning about Santa made you feel, and the option of what you will do regarding Santa with your own kids.
 
Here's what I put:


I enjoyed believing in Santa when I was a kid, and did/will
do the Santa thing with my kids.


When I found out about Santa, it didn't affect my belief in
Jesus at all. Glad my parents told me about Santa.
 
Heading off to Krispy Kreme! ;) Dora, you will share with me, right? Like I said, it might make a good dessert if I have to eat crow. :lol
 
as i stated in a earlier thread i didnt celebrate christmas as a kid, there were some times we did, but that was a handful of times. pray for this " bitterness" i have tried to get rid of that, but it seems to stay.
 
It was fun when I was a kid, and my dad's parents got mad at my mom, when she told me that there was no Santa. And I tried to refuse to believe my mom. And my grand parents would tell me that there was a Santa. But I did not do that with my 2 kids.
 
Well, I have been known to be random sometimes. :D :bounceball

I didn't vote because I fall under the category of:

Rule 1: You must have believed in Santa when you were a little kid. If your family didn't do Santa, this poll isn't for you.
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Not me, I fall under category 3 also...but for the record I won't be doing Santa with my children. Just a personal preference :)
 
jasoncran said:
as i stated in a earlier thread i didnt celebrate christmas as a kid, there were some times we did, but that was a handful of times. pray for this " bitterness" i have tried to get rid of that, but it seems to stay.
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Don't feel so bad jason, I never got a birthday cake or present until I was 19 years old and that wasn't even from my faimly, it was from my then fiance's family. Haven't had a birthday cake or present since that one time. My mother came from Europe and said her family never celebrated birthdays, so she didn't think to do that for us (4 children). But when the grandchildren came along birthdays were celebrated and grandma enjoyed them with us for all of our children. She sends us birthday cards every year. But I still haven't had a birthday cake or party given to me since I was 19 years old from my then fiance's family. I even gave my first and second husband birthday cakes and presents but they never gave me a cake or present. Don't know why, for some reason the Lord allowed very narcisistic selfish abusive spouses in my life that I have to be nice to. But when the abuse got too bad I couldnt' stay in the marriages. Christmas was not the same we celebrated Christmas. but birthdays... they never thought of me as I did them. I always gave my kids a cake and a present even though at times I couldn't aford to throw a big party for them, at least I made a cake and had a small family gathering. And you know what? Since my kids have been grown and and live out of town... It's just not the same... I spend Christmas eve at my immediate families home, but on Christmas day.... I'm alone at home, my two kids 33 and 23 years old, live out of town and I don't get to see them every Christmas. I think this year on Christmas day, I'll go visit a nursing home to comfort a person who has no family.

Jason! God Bless you and I hope you have a Merry Christmas celebrating the Birth of Jesus.

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Relic said:
jasoncran said:
as i stated in a earlier thread i didnt celebrate christmas as a kid, there were some times we did, but that was a handful of times. pray for this " bitterness" i have tried to get rid of that, but it seems to stay.
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Don't feel so bad jason, I never got a birthday cake or present until I was 19 years old and that wasn't even from my faimly, it was from my then fiance's family. Haven't had a birthday cake or present since that one time. My mother came from Europe and said her family never celebrated birthdays, so she didn't think to do that for us (4 children). But when the grandchildren came along birthdays were celebrated and grandma enjoyed them with us for all of our children. She sends us birthday cards every year. But I still haven't had a birthday cake or party given to me since I was 19 years old from my then fiance's family. I even gave my first and second husband birthday cakes and presents but they never gave me a cake or present. Don't know why, for some reason the Lord allowed very narcisistic selfish abusive spouses in my life that I have to be nice to. But when the abuse got too bad I couldnt' stay in the marriages. Christmas was not the same we celebrated Christmas. but birthdays... they never thought of me as I did them. I always gave my kids a cake and a present even though at times I couldn't aford to throw a big party for them, at least I made a cake and had a small family gathering. And you know what? Since my kids have been grown and and live out of town... It's just not the same... I spend Christmas eve at my immediate families home, but on Christmas day.... I'm alone at home, my two kids 33 and 23 years old, live out of town and I don't get to see them every Christmas. I think this year on Christmas day, I'll go visit a nursing home to comfort a person who has no family.

Jason! God Bless you and I hope you have a Merry Christmas celebrating the Birth of Jesus.

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:sad Darn, that's awful. I'm sure someone at a nursing home would LOVE to see someone during Christmas, that sounds like it would be a great idea.
 
Relic, I think you would be a great blessing to someone to spend Christmas with them.

Jason, I hope that you are building warm memories with your own family to counter the disappointments you experienced growing up. That is how I'm combating my own "demons" from the past.

I wanted to do this poll, because it's a theory of mine that most of the folks who believe that believing in Santa is actually harmful to kids, at the very least lying to them, are mainly folks who weren't raised with the whole Santa thing.

It's also a theory of mine, that almost everybody who was raised with the whole Santa thing, enjoyed it and continue the tradition with their own kids, because they know from personal experience that it's harmless fun.

JoJo, based upon the results so far, I can taste that hot KK Old Fashioned right now! :P

westtexas said:
This poll ain't right. Where's the box that says "I STILL believe in Santa Claus" ?????????? :thumb
Westtexas
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Opps! An oversight to be sure. Just go ahead and post your vote for the right jolly old elf! :lol
 
westtexas said:
This poll ain't right. Where's the box that says "I STILL believe in Santa Claus" ?????????? :thumb
Westtexas
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Yeah what's going on? You're not trying to tell us Santa doesn't exist are you?! :confused :crying
 
handy said:
I wanted to do this poll, because it's a theory of mine that most of the folks who believe that believing in Santa is actually harmful to kids, at the very least lying to them, are mainly folks who weren't raised with the whole Santa thing.

It's also a theory of mine, that almost everybody who was raised with the whole Santa thing, enjoyed it and continue the tradition with their own kids, because they know from personal experience that it's harmless fun.
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Based on my experiences and what I've seen here, I know this to be generally true.
 
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