To think going to Lapland is more likely to make kids stop believing?

Are you assuming the poster you are replying to is even Christian?

Couldn't you just tell them that? Why would you need to show them? Morocco is fantastic but you sound pretty miserable tbh. Do they want to be shown that Christmas is only something that some people do in some countries?

Lots of foreigners and some local Christians live in Morocco anyway so in the big cities especially in malls and the newer areas there are likely to be signs of Christmas.

We did the same when our daughter had heard a rumour Father Christmas wasn’t real. Gave us another few years and encouraged her friends to still believe.

Couldn't agree more re the over-egging

Sometimes I find it quite depressing that at the age of 40 I’ve already had the most amazing experience I will ever have 🤣 Nothing will ever top-it and I feel like it’s all downhill from here 🤣

I tend to think the more tangible you make something that is supposed to be magical, the more likely people are to spot flaws in it and start questioning it.

The trouble with holidays is that things can go wrong!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg3llqq41wo

It’s amazing totally wonderful magical my sons father and son still say best trip ever and we only went for the day

I started reading this thread feeling a bit sceptical over whether there is any actual point to ‘extending’ a child’s belief, but when I read about the effect of the letter swap (clever) I had a very powerful flashback to when I believed. I admire the commitment to the bit😂 I didn’t feel
sad when I sussed Santa was hooey - but I feel a bit sad now lol. We need a support group lol

I’ve never been so honestly I don’t know but I do think that a lot of the commercialism that had sprung up around ‘the Santa experience’ these days is more likely to impede belief than enhance it.

Santa in my childhood was always magical as an act of wonder and imagination, not because I had been taken to a realistic looking Santa village and met an actor in a suit.

We took our children to Lapland when they were 5 and 8 and it was incredibly magical.

They still believed in the concept of Santa, if not more so, but they also know that the ‘Santas’ you can visit in England aren’t the real one which is great because now they no longer ask to go and see him!

What a weird response... Nothing wrong with exposing children to a different culture

I think back when toys were wooden, it was so believable to have an army of Elves chiselling away.
In reality, it was skilled artisans- the 1800's was probably the best era for toys- {for the wealthy at least!}

What a miserable thing to do! Lapland is utterly mesmerising in a way Morocco will never be! Morocco isn’t a great place for children. It is chaotic and dirty.
Why on earth would you need to take them all the way there to teach them there are other religions?! I assume you have explained that already as a parent, and also the school often cover different religious festivals 🤷‍♀️

YABU it is the most magical place on earth!

It’s the most magical place on earth op, they are very unlikely to care about flying elves!

I spent around 3k for 3 people last year we did reindeers huskies and visit to the Santa factory. Expensive for 4 days. But then elves , Xmas eve boxes are not part of my tradition so I don’t do them. Not saying it’s the same price but if I’ve to choose something magical I prefer Lapland

I went to Lapland 14 years ago for the day trip.

It really is magical.

Don't think it really matters about kids believing or not. You get to go on. Reindeer driven sleighs and stand either side of the artic circle.

Why are you worried about it? They are at the age when most kids have worked out the truth of the Santa myth. It doesn't stop them enjoying Christmas.

So many Mumsnet posts reinforce my belief that Father Christmas, sleighs and elves stories mean more to the adults than the kids.

I assume Lapland - Finland

This was exactly the vibe I got from this post. Faux concern. FWIW I'd love to take DD and will save towards it: I'm envious of others going but not jealous.

Are posters confusing a holiday to Lapland in the Nordics with the Lapland UK experience? I assumed OP is talking about the Lapland UK thing with fake snow. Obviously Lapland in nordics with actual snow and reindeer etc would be magical!

I don't feel sad if a six or seven year old does not believe in Father Christmas any more. I'd hope they would not spoil it for younger siblings.

Lapland visits seem expensive trips, though better than some of the things that have crept in for some in recent years. Christmas Eve boxes, elf on the shelf for example.

That's exactly what my 8 year old says. "I know they aren't the real one because we saw the real one in lapland"
Yabu it's a magical place that is hard to describe to someone who hasn't been

I find it more fascinating that they can see Santa every year or sometimes more than once a year and never wonder how a. He looks and sounds different each time and b. Doesn’t remember them when he sees them at school despite seeing them at the local garden centre 2 days before etc