Reply #25: What I Tell My Son

[jedicord]

My son's 10 years old. A couple of years ago someone at school told him Santa didn't exist. He came home and asked me about it. My answer? I told him that I still believed, 'cause it's so much more fun that way. It was up to him whether he wanted to think Santa didn't exist, or if he wanted to feed the reindeer, leave cookies and milk for Santa, listen for jingle bells, look up in the sky for his sleigh, and wake up to see what he left.

Thank goodness he picked Santa!

P.S. This year is tough economically for my family. Of course, my son's list is still long. This is how I explained to him why Santa wouldn't be leaving as many presents: The economy is bad so many children won't be getting anything from their parents, so Santa will be concentrating more on them. Another reason is because so many children's parents are fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, so they won't have their dad or mom around, and Santa wanted to double bless them too. So the children who have what they need, especially their parents, can feel good that the other children will be happy this year. Hokie, or what?