Comments on: The Santa Dilemma https://kimharms.net/2013/12/19/the-santa-dilemma/ With Cancer, Not Without Hope Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Kim Harms https://kimharms.net/2013/12/19/the-santa-dilemma/#comment-405 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:28:55 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2411#comment-405 In reply to C.

I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your comment. It is hard that Santa, the elf on the shelf and all the other “stories” that go along with Christmas are so much fun! I wish I had a perfect answer for how to deal with your kids feeling left out. I haven’t experienced a whole lot of that though my six-year-old was maybe a little bummed. I hope your 8-year-old ended up having a great Christmas despite his frustration with the truth about Santa.

]]> By: C https://kimharms.net/2013/12/19/the-santa-dilemma/#comment-404 Thu, 26 Dec 2013 21:11:25 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2411#comment-404 Sweet Kim~Thank you for your post~I am like you: not a Santa-hater (as many of my friends think), but absolutely truthful with them that Santa is not real… For us it is is important to teach our kids that we will always tell them the truth… even about Santa. What is really hard for me this year is that my kids feel jaded because Santa doesn’t come and it hurts because that is not the way it is supposed to be! In a backwards way, my children feel left out and slightly abandoned and my (almost) 8 year old boy will tell me that he chooses to believe despite my words because he thinks (well thought) that if he did, he would get more gifts. Sometimes I wonder, is this why parents do it? Is this why parents do the Santa thing because of the pressure more than anything else? I know it is fun and I do not feel like I am missing out on anything regarding that but I do get a little hot under the collar now that the Elf on the Shelf has come along and is even wandering into our classrooms! It’s hard enough to teach children truth for truth’s sake and it makes me wonder what other areas of our lives we are untruthful about simply because of the pressure to conform?

]]> By: Kim Harms https://kimharms.net/2013/12/19/the-santa-dilemma/#comment-403 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:55:40 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2411#comment-403 Cool letter. Thanks for posting. I think one of my friends was talking about that, but I had not read it.

]]> By: Michelle Cook https://kimharms.net/2013/12/19/the-santa-dilemma/#comment-402 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:46:45 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2411#comment-402 Kim, I love your thoughts, I totally agree about always being honest…and keeping Christ at the center. This came across my computer and I thought it had some really neat points, although it is never mentions Christ, which is always so ironic about these CHRISTmas stories!

Dear Lucy,

Thank you for your letter. You asked a very good question: “Are you Santa?”

I know you’ve wanted the answer to this question for a long time, and I’ve had to give it careful thought to know just what to say.

The answer is no. I am not Santa. There is no one Santa.

I am the person who fills your stockings with presents, though. I also choose and wrap the presents under the tree, the same way my mom did for me, and the same way her mom did for her. (And yes, Daddy helps, too.)

I imagine you will someday do this for your children, and I know you will love seeing them run down the stairs on Christmas morning. You will love seeing them sit under the tree, their small faces lit with Christmas lights.

This won’t make you Santa, though.

Santa is bigger than any person, and his work has gone on longer than any of us have lived. What he does is simple, but it is powerful. He teaches children how to have belief in something they can’t see or touch.

It’s a big job, and it’s an important one. Throughout your life, you will need this capacity to believe: in yourself, in your friends, in your talents and in your family. You’ll also need to believe in things you can’t measure or even hold in your hand. Here, I am talking about love, that great power that will light your life from the inside out, even during its darkest, coldest moments.

Santa is a teacher, and I have been his student, and now you know the secret of how he gets down all those chimneys on Christmas Eve: he has help from all the people whose hearts he’s filled with joy.

With full hearts, people like Daddy and me take our turns helping Santa do a job that would otherwise be impossible.

So, no. I am not Santa. Santa is love and magic and hope and happiness. I’m on his team, and now you are, too.

I love you and I always will.

Mama

]]> By: 3 Bros Ringmaster ~ Tracey Goss https://kimharms.net/2013/12/19/the-santa-dilemma/#comment-401 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:55:25 +0000 https://kimharms.net/?p=2411#comment-401 In reply to Kim Harms.

Lol! Thanks for absolving my sin!

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