Comment on Anon ruins christmas

GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Very anon of him, tbf

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  • GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s very true, we never believed in Christmas/religion but never spoiled/ruined it for others, it was their enjoyment.

    Granted when we have a kid, we don’t think we’ll be telling them that “Santa is just a famous character of Christmas, and some people have fun believing he’s real, so don’t ruin their fun either” or something like that. Still have plenty of years to think of how to word it better lol :P

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I just told my kid the truth the first time it came up. It wasn’t and never has been an issue. They dgaf if an invisible pink unicorn brought those presents.

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    • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly, I think i will “lie” about Santa. Simply because it doesn’t really matter and it is fun for them.

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      • RamenJunkie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, its pretty obvious peoppe are lying anout Santa once you realize the North Pole has no land.

        Samta clearly is from the Sputh Pole.

        Pretty genius actually, getting pwople to look for him on the oppoaite side of the planet.

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Something to consider: do you want to normalize lying to your kid? I realize that’s an antagonistic way to phrase it, but that’s pretty much what’s happening

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    • untorquer@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My dad beat the shit out of me

      I don’t think it was so much about religion or ruining it for others.

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      • GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, more than likely a very religious/abusive household.

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Granted when we have a kid, we don’t think we’ll be telling them that “Santa is just a famous character of Christmas, and some people have fun believing he’s real, so don’t ruin their fun either”

      Sorry if I’m misreading this, but personally I don’t see a problem in telling your own kids that Santa isn’t real.

      You can still give gifts if you want, and having them be addressed from people you care about makes it more meaningful tbh. Plus, it’s kinda fucked up to normalize lying to your kids

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      • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I grew up very poor. My mother made it clear that Santa wasn’t real, because there’s no way she’s giving another old white man undue credit.

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      • GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, we also fund it very fucked up to lie to a kid about how some random ass guy is stalking your every move to determine if your a good or bad person and thats the determination if having presents or nothing at all.

        However, its not our place to tell other parent’s kids that Santa isn’t real, and telling our kid its just a popular character would be not only the truth but also easier for them to explain. Like a mascot of some sort yk?

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I never got the talk about Santa. I think my parents just assumed that I was intelligent enough to be able to work it out on my own, which I was. I’m sure at some point I did believe in Santa but I can’t remember ever believing, I knew it was just my dad, but I got presents so I didn’t care.

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      • GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fair, our parents kinda pushed us to believe, but we never believed it in the first place.

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To their credit, they’re well aware they were being a turd.

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• Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get it, I too had an angsty teenage atheist phase (minus the abuse and arson), took a while and the folks just stopped trying to get me up for church. This is why most religions have a “coming of age” event where you are recognized as an adult and choose to stay with the group. I would guess most parents dont know how to react when their kid makes that decision for themselves before then…

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