Merry Christmas
Dec. 24th, 2013 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frogs_of_war Today while waiting to start work, I mentioned a radio show I'd listen to last night about what parents tell their kids about Santa. My mother thought that if we discovered she lied about the little things, how would we trust her about the big ones. On the show other people were moralistic like this. But some adults really liked the childhood magic and the 'growing up' part of learning the truth. In my house extra presents (we give one from each person to each person) are marked Santa, but that is the only Santa tradition we had. And talking to my daughter, I was pleased that her first memory and lasting impression of Christmas is the giving side (working to pick out the prefect present for her baby brother, so she was five or six).
But as I was bringing it up, another coworker came in the room and ranted about how she never had her kids believe in Santa and she was so adamant, I thought she was moralistic about it, but no. When she was seven, she hid under the tree waiting for Santa. Instead her parents came out and put the presents under the tree. I have a fairly good idea how they kept themselves busy while waiting for the kids to fall asleep as they came out nude.
She said she was scarred for life. And by how upset she got talking about it, that seems to be true. But I can't just let that go. Will someone please write a story where that happens? Please.
I'm thinking kittens, peering out from under the tree.
This reminds me that my own parents used to get romantic beside the lighted tree after us kids were in bed on Christmas Eve. That could be part of the story.
The plunny that got me hooked at the moment is The Santa Code. When in costume, Santa is Santa, even if he's the regular guy's college aged son, and Santa doesn't break character even if his gig is at the family gathering of a really hot guy. (I know a family that does Santa and Mrs. Claus.)
But as I was bringing it up, another coworker came in the room and ranted about how she never had her kids believe in Santa and she was so adamant, I thought she was moralistic about it, but no. When she was seven, she hid under the tree waiting for Santa. Instead her parents came out and put the presents under the tree. I have a fairly good idea how they kept themselves busy while waiting for the kids to fall asleep as they came out nude.
She said she was scarred for life. And by how upset she got talking about it, that seems to be true. But I can't just let that go. Will someone please write a story where that happens? Please.
I'm thinking kittens, peering out from under the tree.
This reminds me that my own parents used to get romantic beside the lighted tree after us kids were in bed on Christmas Eve. That could be part of the story.
The plunny that got me hooked at the moment is The Santa Code. When in costume, Santa is Santa, even if he's the regular guy's college aged son, and Santa doesn't break character even if his gig is at the family gathering of a really hot guy. (I know a family that does Santa and Mrs. Claus.)
