to be upset and angry at the mum who told DD(6) that...

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Father Christmas didnt exist? She was talking to me (about her older son finding out) but both DD (6 and 3yrs) were standing right next to me. She just came out without it, without warning or checking with me. It went over DD3's head, who was engrossed in something, but the look on DD6's face broke my heart. We took them to see Father Xmas this year, did the whole food for Santa on Xmas eve, had video from Portable North Pole and they were so filled with wonder and excitement (was the first year they both really got it) it was just delightful. I know they will find out at some point but I just wish it wasn't now. I dont know whether to say something to the mum (or indeed my DD) - and what to say?

Everlong - Christmas is a Christian festival. Father Christmas has no part in that story. So why on earth would Jehovah's witnesses be relevant?

I was actually relieved when I found out Santa was not real because I had noticed that he had a decided preference for the children of financially well-off parents. Seemed a bit unfair.

There is that, scone... luckily by the time our finances took a decided turn for the worse, ds had learned The Truth!

I've got three FCs in the family - my Dad, BIL and dh. Feels quite special, somehow. (As in, not just in their own homes but assorted village halls/ school fetes/ steam railways/ grottos.)

But Father Christmas in itself as a concept is irrelevant to the trie meaning of Christmas.

True*