Yeah, we did it, it wasn’t VIP. I think the kids only liked it because of the pool of present peers looking on enviously. Frankly putting your kids on some fat stranger’s knee always seemed like the wrong thing to do to me. By eight our daughter would only stand next to Santa and smile politely for the picture.
American parents with older kids, a question: for how long have mall visits with Santa been a VIP endeavor? nostr:npub19pj6f0nc9q6xr26qe3g8m6xe3hwe0d6p6zcvf57cm3kayghjdj0slnlenu and I thought we’d casually pop over and give #LittleMan his first, only to find it requires a 24+ hour reservation and $45.
Color me dismayed.
Discussion
I remember yelling at my little brother that he needed to be nice to Santa or we wouldn’t get any gifts.
Don’t know why in my childs mind him being on the naughty list equates with me getting no presents, but it did.
I grew up pretty poor, but to my parent’s credit our Christmases were special, they never blamed us or Santa for the number of, or absence of gifts. The rituals were more important than the items, which always instigated grubby self centered arguments among the piglets, I mean children. These arguments were inevitably met with hours of Bible study about the meanings of Christmas, and the loss of said items. We learned pretty quick to shut up and be thankful! How disappointing for my folks though. Effort and sacrifice just to have it end like that.