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With just a few days left to the Christmas, everyone is getting ready to celebrate this great festival. People are buying gifts for near and dear ones. Small children gets super excited about this holiday because they believe a big man dressed in red with his face covered in white beard would come riding on a sleigh pulled by 8 reindeer s and a Rudolf, to gift them with the things that they want. Children also write letters to Santa Claus giving him a list of things that they desire for Christmas. They believe that Santa lives in north pole with his wife and 3 elves and goes all around the world to distribute gifts to children. You do not have to tell your child to believe in Santa Claus, they automatically do maybe due to the fact that their friends believe in him or they have read or heard about him from somewhere. Whatever the reason is, as long as they are receiving the gifts that they desire, they continue to believe in Santa.
But what would you do if your child comes running to you asking if Santa is real? At that time what is going to be your instant reaction. Would you burst the bubble and tell him the truth about Santa not being real or would you let him believe in what he thinks? Some parents believe that telling a child truth about Santa is going to be the best way as they won’t be called liars in the future. But some parents believe in keeping the spirit of Christmas alive because they know, one day their kid will eventually know the truth.
Remember Phoebe form the famous U.S. sitcom FRIENDS? When she and Joey were discussing about Santa Claus being real or not, that was the first time when Phoebe found out that Santa isn’t real! She was of course bummed out but she didn’t let any of her friends notice that she believed in Santa Claus. Similarly, your child will also find out the truth about Santa Claus one day and you should not destroy his beliefs at a very young age.
If your child’s sweet and innocent mind wants to believe that Santa receives all his letters and that he brings gifts on 25th December every year from that list by sliding down through the chimney when everyone is asleep and crawls up through the same chimney to go to another kid’s house, let him believe in it. Do not think that you are letting him believe in something blindly but rather look towards the positive side of it like your child is cleaning his bedroom on his own for Santa or baking cookies and warming milk for him when ever he will come to drop the gifts at night. Avoid spoiling the excitement of your young soul and let him enjoy the holiday the way he wants to enjoy it.
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Narrate the story of St. Nicholas, the real Santa Claus, to your children and tell them how great a person he was. How he was so rich but gave up his everything to help the poor and needy. After you tell this story to your kids, they will believe that Santa Claus is not just a man who flies around the world to distribute gifts to the children but also teaches us about doing sacrifices and helping the ones in need.
So, let your child believe in whatever they wish to believe in. Just tell him, If you believe in God, There is no harm in believing in Santa too.
