Edit: thank you all so much for your ideas and input!! It’s a great place to start, and has given me lots to think about
My oldest is 2.5, and it’s his first year being aware of Santa. I had Santa as a kid but for many reasons I was ambivalent and unsure about what I would do for my own. I think I’d like to do a happy medium, of Santa bringing a present, but an awareness that he’s just a story. Despite that, I found myself totally adding to the Santa myth this year, by elaborating on aspects of the story that my son wasn’t even interested in!!
Anyway, I’d like him to not be left out of the idea of Santa, but I’d also like to not tell him/lead him to believe he’s real. I’d love to hear from others who do semi-Santa.
My oldest is 2.5, and it’s his first year being aware of Santa. I had Santa as a kid but for many reasons I was ambivalent and unsure about what I would do for my own. I think I’d like to do a happy medium, of Santa bringing a present, but an awareness that he’s just a story. Despite that, I found myself totally adding to the Santa myth this year, by elaborating on aspects of the story that my son wasn’t even interested in!!
Anyway, I’d like him to not be left out of the idea of Santa, but I’d also like to not tell him/lead him to believe he’s real. I’d love to hear from others who do semi-Santa.