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Re: Kids and Santa
« Reply #30 on: December 16, 2009, 01:00:04 PM »

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It's interesting, in Brazil christmas is in the middle of summer (it's summer now in Brazil) so we always celebrated with a big dinner outside on the 24th.  Then at midnight, my aunt would dress as Santa.  During that time, the whole family would look up at the sky and say they saw his sleigh.  We would be looking up in the sky, looking for Santa then my aunt would show up from behind us.  That always got the little kids because if you look up at the sky long enough, you always think you saw a star moving.
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Re: Kids and Santa
« Reply #31 on: December 16, 2009, 01:01:13 PM »

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Another good discussion...

We always taught our kids that Santa is an American Tradition. Both boys took pictures with Santa when they were small.

As time wore on, though, we taught them that it's Mommy and Daddy that provides their Christmas. But we certainly gave them a window to experience Santa.

They are both older now (one is 11 and the other just turned 6) and amazingly the youngest one has ALWAYS been terrified of Santa, lol....he took one pic a few years ago with him and had tears in his eyes..he wasn't a happy fellow to say the least. After that we never really pushed Santa on him.

I actually have a pretty priceless picture of me bawling on Santa's lap when I was about 3.
Wuss.   ;)

It may have just been the clothes my mother had me wearing.
Redz, that's a future thread idea.  Everyone can submit their kid pictures and we can vote on whose Mom dressed them the worst. 
Obviously the older guys will win. You just gotta see my Easter picture circa 1971 wearing plaid and stripes with lots of red and yellow and orange with a huge belt buckle and shoulder length hair. I was 6 and my parents were hippies.

Plaid. Lots of plaid.  Lots of hair.  And farmer type jumpers.  The chicks in preschool were all over me  ::)
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Re: Kids and Santa
« Reply #32 on: December 16, 2009, 01:04:47 PM »

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Talking about the holiday cheer, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbbEjuOtuI
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