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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Son asks the dreaded question …
(Warning: Content may not be suitable for children expecting a visit from a special person residing at the North Pole.)
There are some subjects parents dread discussing with their children, however, they cannot be avoided forever.
One can never prepare early enough for those topics to be broached; children are growing up so fast these days. They see movies, listen to the “older kids” on the bus and grow into their own early assumptions.
I have read books on the subject, discussed it with friends who have already had to cope with it but, I didn’t think it would happen so soon. My near 7-year-old son caught me by surprise.
“Mom,” he said quietly. “Is Santa Claus real?”
My eyes flashed wide as I glanced at my other (younger) son who, fortunately, was engrossed in his own thing.
“Why do you ask that?” I asked while my brain scrambled for an answer.
I am still enjoying this Santa Claus thing and there are two more “believers” in our household (maybe only one, our daughter is too young to understand), but how will I keep him from telling them? He just can’t find out yet!
“Someone in my class said he wasn’t real,” my son replied.
“Oh. Well, what do you think?”
He gave this question some thought while I tip-toed around on egg-shells, worried I might say something wrong and blow the whole thing.
After all, Santa is the man who helps us celebrate Jesus’ birth, and that’s a pretty important job. My son looked at me wide-eyed, almost pleading me to confirm the existence of Santa Claus.
So I did.
“Do you really think Mommy and Daddy could do all the work Santa does?”
He simply said, “No.”
Whew! Tragedy averted (with such a vote of confidence in his parents).
“But, how will he know we put the Christmas tree in a new place?”
“Maybe you could tell him in a letter or when you visit him,” I said.
He seemed happy with this idea and went on about his day without another word on the subject.
I breathed a sigh of relief, glad that my son continues to believe and Santa will squeeze down our chimney for at least one more Christmas.
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