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Originally Posted by CDSmith
I can't decide if this thread has put me in the Chirstmas spirit or crushed the life out of it for me this year. What a rollercoaster ride reading it was though.
For the record I'm 52 and still believe in Santa. Or at least the spirit of the season including the all-too-rare feeling of goodwill that Santa represents. There's not a damn thing wrong with letting kids be kids and believing in Santa. Fictitious or not why the driving need to be so literal and reality-driven with 5 yr olds? Where would books, movies, the sci-fi and fantasy genres, etc be without abstract thinking?
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I totally agree with this. I'm 51, and Jewish, and we still had a tree and Santa at Christmas time. Obviously nothing to do with Christ, but more about family, friends, peace on earth, doing good deeds for strangers and about the MAGIC of all of that. Believing in magic as a child didn't impede my intellectual growth as an adult in any way. I think that instead it widened my ability to imagine and conceive new ideas, enjoy creative arts of all kinds and grasp new concepts more quickly. My son is 3 years old, and he believes in Santa and has a wonderful time doing so. There will be plenty of time for him to deal with adult realities when he grows up, so I'm going to let him be a child for the next oh-so-few years.
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