Not 'doing' Santa - part two

Abbymoo

shegirl wrote: »

Santa comes through our front door with a magic key we leave out (our chimney isn't big enough). On his way,him and dear Rudolph leave snowy foot prints in the magic snow you can buy.It' s awesome stuff and just as slippery as snow,as I discovered:rotfl:

I like that idea. Gives an excuse to cover said key in glitter and I dooo so love glitter

delain

Abbymoo wrote: »

I'm...no Father Christmas...coz he's a lie...but...magic dust...isn't a lie...um...I must've had too much Baileys. This is not makeh de sehnse...
If I have nippers I'll be doing FC, magic, the lot. Even got instructions on how to do glitter bootprints on the carpet saved in my bookmarks and am planning on getting a house with a proper chimney for the fella to come down, just to save awkward questions about how he can get in through an air vent.

No its ok. I haven't got a chimney but i have a wooden key thingy from the 99p shop which says "dear Santa, please use this magic key as we do not have a chimney"

I hang it on the front door. Job done!

Edit: someone beat me to it again

shegirl

Abbymoo wrote: »

I like that idea. Gives an excuse to cover said key in glitter and I dooo so love glitter

If you love glitter you' 'll love sprinkling reindeer food out as well

CH27

skintchick wrote: »

I thought, seeing as the other thread was so hotly debated, people might be interested in how Christmas without Santa worked for us?

My DD is 3.5. We have told her Father Christmas is a story, that he is not real but people like to dress up as him.

So this year we did her what we called a Santa Sack, but she knew the presents were from Mummy and Daddy.

On Christmas Eve she chose where she wanted to hang it, then we sprinkled imaginary magic dust over the bag while saying 'Magic, magic, one, two, three, Bring lots of lovely presents for me'.

Not a great rhyme but I made it up on the spot! Will work on something better for next year.

In the morning, she was VERY excited to see it was full. She happily opened them all (not actually that many, the bag is smaller than a pillowcase) and was delighted.

There didn't seem to be any loss of magic or excitement or enjoyment (reference other thread).

I do want a better poem to be part of the tradition (ideally without the word 'lots' in) but I was really happy and so was DD. She certainly did not seem to be missing out on anything by knowing it was me and Oh who did it.

Just thought some of those who followed the other thread might be interested as there were a lot of accusations of 'taking all the joy and magic out of Christmas' which certainly was not evident in our house.

Bonkers! Totally bonkers :rotfl:

bestpud

Oh crikey! OP that is cringe worthy and I feel embarrassed on your behalf!

If you don't want to do Father Christmas then so be it, but I do hope you are thinking of your daughter and not just attention seeking.

I also hope you do what you say and think of a better rhyme because that one really is bad!

Abbymoo

Looking back on my childhood Christmasses, the ones that didn't involve punch ups and car crashes at least, I don't remember what I got, but I remember how I felt. I could never deprive a child of the utterly magical sensation of waiting for FC. I'd sit on the floor of my room with the lights out, wrapped in a blanket and staring out of the window hoping to see a sleigh passing by the moon, then worrying if I DID see it I'd never be asleep before he popped into the house so I'd get edgy and hop into bed, the little bell on my stocking jangling quietly as I pulled the covers over me and drifted off to sleep whilst breathing in the oh so comforting smell of slightly old, slightly dusty tinsel warmed by the radiator. It's a memory I'll cherish forever. That feeling, well, it simply WAS Christmas...

shegirl

valk_scot wrote: »

My 16 and 11 year old kids know perfectly well there's no Santa. They still left out a mince pie, two apples and a bottle of beer for Santa and the reindeer. Hubby and I dutifully consumed these and I made the usual sooty footprints coming out the fireplace plus assembled a stocking for each of them. Just because you don't belive in Santa doesn't mean he doesn't leave you a stocking, after all.

The fun and magic of Santa never dies,even when you know he isn't real

I bet there isn't a single Santa loving person here who wouldn't feel something special if they heard sleigh bells on Christmas eve

Treevo

You're a hypocrite. Don't do Father Christmas but you lead your daughter to believe that magic rhymes fill sacks with presents? You've only made this thread so you can troll some more. Sad sad sad.

Abbymoo

Gah why must I NOW finally feel christmassy when it's all over

hunters

lostinrates wrote: »

Tbh, I am horrified at the manner of response some have shown here. I am strongly on the side of magic, imagination and indeed cultural affiliation with peers (where their is no religious belief or different religious belief) and even belief, but it seems that for many who ahare this opinion as me the ' magic' of Santa has given them little magic of civility in adulthood.

I'm guessing that's liars for you as the op pointed out in the first thread. As I'm 22 I'm glad I was brought up with Santa and am Grateful for all the presents given not just the lovely ones