{"id":2790,"date":"2015-12-12T19:24:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2015-12-12T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T00:24:13","slug":"do-you-believe-in-santa-claus-from-the-blog-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/do-you-believe-in-santa-claus-from-the-blog-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Believe In Santa Claus? From The Blog Archives!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an old blog post from 2008!<\/em><\/h2>\n

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When you were a kid, did you believe in Santa Claus?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Believe it or not, it\u2019s a few days before Christmas, and I\u2019m struggling with the Santa Claus issue. As a Christian, is it right to teach my child to believe in Santa Claus? I just don\u2019t know. Santa Claus came to my three-year-old\u2019s daycare this morning and gave the kids gifts. I took pictures. When I picked up my son at the end of the day, he was anxious to take his gift home and open it. He said, \u201cI want to open the gift that Santa Claus gave me.\u201d<\/p>\n

As you might be able to tell, I\u2019m not the most holiday-spirited person. I grew up not believing in Santa Claus, and I\u2019ve never purchased a Christmas tree. My hubby and I usually exchange gifts with one another for Christmas, but, now that we have a child, Christmas celebrations may be taken up a notch or two! For the last few years, our child wasn\u2019t really vocal about celebrating the holiday. However, this year, he notices the Christmas lights and he\u2019ll say, \u201cMommy. Look at the lights! Are they out here because it\u2019s Christmas?\u201d<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have a tree this year, but we\u2019ve got lots of great Christmas cards decorating the mantle over our fireplace! Our son has never asked for a tree, but I feel that next year will be the year when we\u2019ll buy him a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve purchased a ton of gifts for our son. I\u2019ve been wrapping them while he\u2019s in bed. I\u2019ve hidden the gifts in the closet in my office. I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019ll say when he sees the pile of gifts at the appointed time. If he says, \u201cMommy, did Santa Claus bring the gifts?\u201d What\u2019ll I say\u2026Yes?? or, No\u2026??<\/p>\n

I guess, as of right now, he\u2019ll just awaken to the pile of presents, and I\u2019ll say, \u201cOpen your gifts!\u201d I won\u2019t mention Santa unless he does, and then I\u2019ll play it by ear, decide on what to say!<\/p>\n

My question to readers is: What would you do if you were me? Did you believe in Santa when you were a kid?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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