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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
One of my coworkers had the question from their kid asking why santa loves her friend more as her friend got tons of stuff and she only got a little.
we figured that this would eliminate that scenario. it does happen, and according to the mommy boards, more than you think.
plus let her know that even at Christmas she can't just ask santa and get everything she wants. she's learning that everything costs money, so gifts are limited and unfortunately it extends to birthdays and Christmas too.
thank god she's young enough that she doesn't care that her presents mostly comes from the thrift stores. she's just happy to get toys.
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All perfectly fine answers my friend. To be fair though, your first post on topic seemed to indicate it was more about you wanting credit for the gifts and less about the teachings and equality for the less fortunate as supported in this reply.
All the same, there’s no wrong answer here. We all face different realities and provide our Christmas’ as we best deem fit and/or are able to.
I as well practice moderation and teaching of supporting less fortunate. My kids ask for 2,3 things a year from Santa as driven by me from an early age. Often a main gift and then something smaller like the newest ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ book for example.
We have helped out at the mustard seed, I have dressed up as a 6’2 220lbs elf spending Christmas Eve delivering meals and presents to the less fortunate through Rotary Club, we’ve gone to the Children’s Hospital and asked for a family to provide a wish list for their child, themselves, and their siblings and provided them a Christmas as all their money is tied up in medical fees, and every Christmas Eve as tradition we hit the Tim’s drive thru and buy the order of the person behind us and drive away before they can identify us or catch up to us to wave a thanks.
I am a big proponent of Christmas and work hard to have my children understand the true meanings. We also have many discussions around religion and visit church, but that’s a topic not for me as religion is very personal to all.
Whatever your method, you’re doing it right for you. Merry Christmas friend.