With Christmas virtually just around the corner, I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences of children with Santa.
I used taking my second son to see Santa as a chance to get him to give up his dummy, I told him that Santa would give it to ‘baby Rudolph’ so that he could settle at night in the run up to Christmas. He happily handed his dummy over, as we had talked about this beforehand ( I did whisper to Santa that I would have the dummy back in case of emergency) he gave it back without my son noticing, although I needn’t have worried as my son went to sleep without it that night and every night after.
Read more tips about dummies here
My youngest son was about 2 and a half when he first went to see Santa; he was going through a stage of making up his own jokes- that he thought were hilarious, but no one else did!
When we entered Santa’s grotto, my little boy said, “Hello Father Cripman ( his way of saying Christmas) bag of chips” this Santa was stern and never acknowledged my son, let alone laugh at his ‘joke’ ” Laugh then!” my son demanded, to which my husband and I went into a fit of giggles. Father Christmas’s elf looked at us as if we were mad.
When I was about 7, I wanted to learn to play the guitar, so when I was taken to visit Santa I asked him for a guitar, he said ” A car is a strange thing for a girl to ask for” before I could correct him I was moved away and the next child stepped up to him
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I was worried for weeks about finding a car under the Christmas tree , but I needn’t have been concerned as I got my guitar on Christmas morning.
I have a memory of being at a toddler group when Santa visited, we had all told our children that he was coming.
When he walked in the child nearest the door let out an ear piecing scream, then like a Mexican wave, each child began to cry until everyone was upset. Santa does look quite scary and we do tell our children to be aware of strangers read more on stranger danger here
When my middle son was at college he took a part time job of being Santa in a shopping centre.
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One day a child that I cared for as a registered child minder visited , my son recognised him and said”Hello James, how is Miles” (his cousin who also came to me). Later James’s dad told me that he knew it was one of my children, not sure which one and would I thank him for making their Christmas
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Please share any experiences of children with Santa.
Merry Christmas to all and I hope you get whatever you ask Santa for this year
As always questions, comments and topic suggestions are welcome.
Until next time
Karen
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Father Christmas could be scary and I expect a lot of little ones would get upset which is a shame. Thank you for this festive blog .
I think there is definitely something scary about SANTA for little ones and just a narrow window when he is exciting and not scary before the doubts of his existence start. #GlobalBlogging
We live rural, so visits to Santa were never a thing for us, but we had a toy Santa who held rock star status among our Christmas decorations.
Santa can be daunting for kids of all ages. I try not to put too much emphasis on him until the kids show interest in him themselves
Father Cripman, I love it! #BloggerClubUK
I used to make it a yearly ritual to visit Santa when my eldest was younger, we still try to do it now but it’s more of a brief meet in the shopping centre than a full-on immersive experience like what we used to do. Santa can look scary but mine were always alright with him, I guess pointing him out in books first helped us out. Thanks for sharing this! What a lovely end to the story too. 🙂 #DreamTeam
When my youngest was two yrs old last year she was quite scared of Santa but I think she’s rather curious this year and wants to give it another go and tell Santa all about her never ending Christmas List, Happy Christmas to you and your lovely family x x #BloggersClubUK
Thanks Dana and to you and yours
We are entering our last year of visiting santa, I suspect. My youngest only wants to go if her older brother goes – but as an older teen, you can imagine that is not on the cards…I did pay him the year before last to come. Last year I gave up and my youngest said she didn’t want to see Santa but changed her mind last minute. We shall see what happens this year. Can you imagine the wonderment of that child that Santa knew his name AND his cousin?! What a wonderful story! #Stayclassymama
Going to see Father Christmas can be a bit of a strange experience for little ones – I wonder what Thomas will make of seeing him this year. ‘Father Cripman’ sounded quite grumpy but it sounds like your son enjoyed seeing him in spite of him being an unappreciative audience for his jokes. #KidsandKreativity
What an ingenious idea to give the dummy to Santa! #StayClassyMama
I love the dummy trick! I took my eldest to meet Father Christmas when he was about 6 months old and he screamed. I think most kids are scared of beards… Thanks for linking up with #globalblogging
At 38 i still love going to see santa, annoyingly my kids are still too young and find it all a little overwhelming. #kidsandkreativity
My dad ‘does’ Santa at the kids school and I find it hilarious that they have never sussed him out #DreamTeam
I went to a festive event at the weekend at wa sa little disappointed NOT to see Santa there! Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama
We’ve been very lucky as we’ve visited LaplandUK for the last few years where the Santas are actually real!! 😉 #ThatFridayLinky
When my kids were very young they were both scared of Santa, so we made sure when we visited it was done remotely, like on a train for example which didn’t force contact with him. They love him now though and would happily sit and chat to him and his elevs all day long! Thanks for linking up to #KidsandKreativity, hope to see you back next time