Is Santa Real?

jamtart6

santashelper wrote: »

:xmassmile i know he is real because i work for him look at my name and you will see.

He is the best employer to have because he loves to give and spends a lot of time with his reindeers looking after them he treats them with the upmost respect he also rewards his staff and appreciates all the help they give him especially at this time of year and always says if it wasnt for them he would struggle to run his business because although like many bosses would like people to believe they are the success behind their business santa knows there is a motto that says behind every successful man is a good women he always appreciates Mrs Clause cooking him christmas dinner after such a busy christmas day and his motto in business is behind every successful business is a good workforce dont you just wish you had a boss like mine.

Where we work we are one big happy family and everyone is happy in their work and on that note i will leave you to deciphere whether he is real or not.

Merry Christmas :santa2: :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile :xmassmile

Are you my Mum in disguise??

Hapless_2

Santa is a timelord and his sleigh is his Tardis!

speranza

I was raised Jehovah's Witness (don't celebrate Christmas) and took great pleasure in telling kids at school there was no Santa. Didn't get told off as I think the teachers felt sorry for me!

Olliebeak

Another thing that used to happen where a neighbour's children were concerned - the kids would get all kinds of stuff and turn up on Christmas morning with toys/games bragging etc. But very strangely many of those things were never seen again after Boxing Day. If you mentioned any of them the response was 'Oh there was a problem and it had 'to go back for an exchange' (which never materialised!)'. It was about three years before another neighbour put me straight - the mother would order stuff from catalogues, let the kids play with them for Christmas Day and Boxing Day and then send them back to avoid having to pay for them. Another one bought her 10 year old daughter a 'midi system music centre' (when they first came out in about 1988). It was in the child's room till New Year and then appeared in the living room as the 'family music centre' for her and her husband's use.

Living in that neighbourhood taught me how conniving many people can be and how children can be easily impressed by appearances. I did give my kids the full explanations as they got older (I mean adult) and they were all suitably humbled as they had always got to 'keep for themselves' all their own pressies!

thriftlady_2

This strategy has worked well for my kids (12 yo doesn't believe anymore, 10 yo is just beginning to lose faith and 7 yo fervent believer) -I say this whenever the question arises

'Father Christmas comes to all the children who believe in him, when they stop believing then their mums and dads have to bring the presents'.

This allows our 7 yo dd to carry on believing happily and our 10 yo doubter to fall in with the majority of his friends in not believing any more but still happy in the knowledge that there will be a stocking full of presents on Christmas morning. It also means the older ones can't disabuse the younger one. Everyone's happy -except us who still have to shell out for 3 stockings worth of presents :rolleyes: :santa2:

Mrs7ones

When my 2 youngest occasionally ask about Santa, my usual response is that it's up to them to decide if they believe or not........ but I believe!
That usually does the trick!

duchy

I'm working for Santa this year and can tell you he definitely exists. He even pays wages
At the grotto we sometimes get older siblings who are a little unconvinced but a reminder that "those who believe recieve" does the trick and they come out after their visit with big smiles and not entirely sure that they were right not to believe (Santa is a smashing older gentleman- a great grandfather who is utterly convincing-even off duty we call him Santa )
Couple of years ago I worked at Bluewater in La Senza for Christmas and it was horrible-all about commercialism (and a revolting boss) -this year I'm earning more money-better hours and the job is a joy and has renewed my Christmas spirit.

Shevs

My mum and dad never told me or my brother and sister that father christmas wasnt real, any time we asked my just said ''theres always one pressent who you dont know who its off''. Even now she wraps one pressent each and doesnt sign who it is off and we're grown adults!:p
There is a very clever little book you can get though called ''How santa really works'' for children that has answers to every question you can think of to the ''is santa real'' question. My mum bought it for the children she tought last year (9-10 yr) who were asking whether he was real or not and that soon had them believing again

andy27

keep your kid believeing as much as possible, tell him about oyur childhood with santa, and it would be great if you can invite one as a proof :P

Taffoire

well I thought I'd share this with you....

Last Saturday I took my 3 sons (6, 4, 2) to Folly Farm (a theme park type place in west wales) and they have a gorgeous Santa's Grotto there.

So after waiting for a few minutes, it was our turn to visit Santa. I was offered a glass of mulled wine :beer: and the boys walked ahead into the grotto.

Now the fun started :rotfl: DS1 who has aspergers (bear with me here duchy, bet this sounds familiar!) strolled up to Santa, takes a deep breath and dramatically put his hands on his hips (and said at double speed):

DS1: "Saaaaaannnta, if you know all the boys and girls in the world, and you know all the boys and girls who have been naughty and nice, and you know all the boys and girls in my school and what we'd all like for Christmas"

Santa (still smiling) "Yes young man"

DS1: "well if you really know all that and I know you do, and if you are the real Santa like your elf said you are.................

what's my name?" :rolleyes:


:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I'm then stood behind my 6 year old trying to catch Santa's attention to mouth his name, when my fabulous 4 year old pipes up and said "Don't be stupid Con, of course he knows your name!" Genius

phew, we're safe for another year!

Lou xXx