Parents Share Their Family's Special Santa Tradition

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Dec 14, 2019 10:00 PM EST

These parents shared the heartfelt story of their wonderfully wholesome Christmas tradition. There comes a time in a kid's life when they begin to question the existence of Santa. From there, it's up to the parent on how they want to handle it. They can deliver the hard truth, or maybe put their own special twist. In this case, they decide to encourage their kids to be their own versions of Santa. 

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    Text - "In our family, we have a special way of transitioning the kids from receiving from the Santa, to becoming a Santa. This way, Santa construct is not a lie that gets discovered, but an unfolding series of good deeds and Christmas spirit. When they are 6 or 7, whenever that dawning suspicion that Santa may not be a material being, that means the child is ready. I take them out "for coffee" at the local wherever. We get a booth, order our drinks, and the following pronouncement is made: you
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    Text - You probably have noticed that most of the Santas you see are people dressed up like him. Some of your friends might have even told you that there is no Santa. A lot of children think that, because they aren't ready to BE a Santa yet, but YOU ARE. Tell me the best things about Santa. What does Santa get for all of his trouble? [lead the kid from "cookies" to the good feeling of having done something for someone else]. Well, now YOU are ready to do your first job as a Santa!" Make sure you
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    Text - My oldest chose the "witch lady" on the corner. She really was horrible-had a fence around the house and would never let the kids go in and get a stray ball or Frisbee. She'd yell at them to play quieter, etc-a real pill. He noticed when we drove to school that she came out every morning to get her paper in bare feet, so he decided she needed slippers. So then he had to go spy and decide how big her feet were. He hid in the bushes one Saturday, and decided she was a medium. We went to Kma
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    Text - Over the years, he chose a good number of targets, always coming up with a unique present just for them. One polished up his bike, put a new seat on it, and he year, it to one of our friend's gave daughters. These people were and are very poor. We did ask the dad if it was ok. The look on her face, when she saw the bike on the patio with a big bow on it, was almost as good as the look on my son's face. When it came time for Son # 2 to join the ranks, my oldest came along, and helped with
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