WARNING!
SPOILER ALERT!
IF YOU STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS, STOP READING NOW!
Contrary to popular opinion, Frank and I chose to tell Ben and Frankie that Santa wasn't real, and didn't bring the gifts they found under the tree. We told them this when they were little guys.
Our rationale?
Why lie?
Plus, no big, fat guy in the red suit and long beard was going to get credit for all of the work I/we did in buying and wrapping all the presents.
Did they miss out on a fantasy?
Yep.
Did they need counseling as a result?
Nope. Not yet. I don't think.
I always thought that at some point, you're gonna have to fess up and tell the truth, and then the kids would think, "What else have you lied to be about?"
So, we were the truth sayers,
Or
The Grinch personified.
Either way.
We had Merry Christmases.
Here's wishing yours are, too.
SPOILER ALERT!
IF YOU STILL BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS, STOP READING NOW!
Contrary to popular opinion, Frank and I chose to tell Ben and Frankie that Santa wasn't real, and didn't bring the gifts they found under the tree. We told them this when they were little guys.
Our rationale?
Why lie?
Plus, no big, fat guy in the red suit and long beard was going to get credit for all of the work I/we did in buying and wrapping all the presents.
Did they miss out on a fantasy?
Yep.
Did they need counseling as a result?
Nope. Not yet. I don't think.
I always thought that at some point, you're gonna have to fess up and tell the truth, and then the kids would think, "What else have you lied to be about?"
So, we were the truth sayers,
Or
The Grinch personified.
Either way.
We had Merry Christmases.
Here's wishing yours are, too.
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