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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Why would it suck? The only reason kids even care about Santa is because they get gifts from him, once the kids realize they still get the gifts they still love Christmas.
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Because it's fun. It's special to believe in magic. To believe there's a benevolent guy that goes around bringing joy to your home for the sake of bringing joy. To think that every little kid in the world is having the same special day you are.
There is a lifetime to face reality. Making childhood special for your kid is a responsibility and most of us are lucky enough on this forum to be able to provide that for our children.
I can't think of a better way to articulate this for you. It's just intrinsically nice and good. If you can't understand that on an intuitive level, let alone with my half-ass response and that of others, then there isn't much more we can say.
One other point, though. Once Santa goes, so too go elves, and flying reindeer, and sleighs. Forget Rudolph. No more letters to Santa. Sitting on his lap. Seeing and meeting him. He's the lynch pin for a lot of what makes Christmas special for little kids. I think being dismissive of how important he is for your kids and others' kids shows a disrespect for our traditions and for the effort so many of us put into adding to the happiness for kids around this time of year. And for nothing. There's no upside to prematurely telling the truth. Just be fun, man.