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Help! Lapland UK, will a 9 year old buy it?

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Leading · 05/12/2022 17:36

We are taking DS to this. He thinks he is going to the 'real' Lapland and has made the distinction between seeing the real Father Christmas and those who pose in shops.

Has anyone been recently? I don't want him to be disappointed or think we've tried to con him. He's convinced the letter we got with the ticket is from the genuine article.

Thanks.

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viques · 05/12/2022 19:26

Leading · 05/12/2022 17:50

We've made a rod for our own backs here. He was getting cynical about the whole thing so this was presented on the basis of 'look, it is all real!'

He is now asking about planes and flight times...

“He was already getting cynical” so why didn’t you deal with it by being truthful instead of trying to trick him? What will you say when he starts asking awkward questions about sex for example.

Have some respect for your childs attempts to make sense of the world he is growing up in, don’t set him up to be made fun of by others whose parents are more honest.

NoelNoNoel · 05/12/2022 19:27

It’s very good but not real Lapland good.

OhChristmasTreeOhChristmasTreeFaLaLa · 05/12/2022 19:28

"What will you say when he starts asking awkward questions about sex for example."

She will use the magic door to teleport herself far far away of course 🤣

RoseBucket · 05/12/2022 19:28

Lapland UK is magical, my daughter is a teen now but when she was little I told her it was his temporary home to meet and talk to the children who are asleep when he visits on Christmas Eve and he visits different countries leading up to Christmas whilst Mrs Claus runs the North Pole.

audweb · 05/12/2022 19:30

Why not just tell him the truth? My nine year old knows, and it’s not ruined the magic of Christmas. I just go along with her pretending to believe. I wouldn’t double down on this, I’d be more honest!

notforme · 05/12/2022 20:02

Surely you would just tell him the truth at that age about santa?

MillyMollyManky · 05/12/2022 20:07

FunctionalSkills · 05/12/2022 18:26

Magic door... to fake snow... at 9??

I think you're going down the wrong track here.

This. Unless the idea is to say something so preposterous that he realises none of it can be true.

He’s 9. He’s not an idiot. Just let him realise it’s not real- genuinely don’t understand why you’re trying to stretch it out like this.

ChristmasJoysuckers · 06/12/2022 05:15

Oh dear.
We took DD last year and she believed still but whether or not she was in lapland was immaterial.
She was wowed at what fc knew and kept saying " so he is real".
Can you sell it as more of an "outreach centre"??

ChristmasJoysuckers · 06/12/2022 05:15

Good idea rose 🌹 bucket.

FleasNavidad · 06/12/2022 05:34

It's magical honestly, miles ahead of any other Christmas Day out in the UK. Make sure you fill everything in before you go so that Father Christmas knows his stuff. The elven door is pretty cool, we're convinced that the temperature was colder on the other side!

Just go with it, don't worry, have fun and when he asks questions tell him you don't know, you're just excited to have finally been invited!

Namechangedforspooky · 06/12/2022 05:56

I don’t think my 9 yo would be fooled sorry. She went when she was 5 and even then afterwards she was asking about things that didn’t make sense.
That said it’s a great day out and I think he’d enjoy it for what it was but it’s clearly not real!

MrsTerryPratchett · 06/12/2022 06:00

HE'S NINE. Why on earth are some people so invested in children being fooled for so long? It's really odd, like it's serving some sort of need in the parent, a kind of weird delayed development.

Why would you spend so much to do this?

FleasNavidad · 06/12/2022 06:11

"HE'S NINE. Why on earth are some people so invested in children being fooled for so long? It's really odd, like it's serving some sort of need in the parent, a kind of weird delayed development."

It's really odd that people act like a 9 year old should be grown up before his time. Serving some sort of need in the parent to prove how grown up and well developed their kid is. Look at my kid, HES NINE, and he's not weird like yours who still wonders if Santa might be real.

Suggest parent might be the weird one that needs to grow up here.

MillyMollyManky · 06/12/2022 08:26

It’s lovely when they believe. It’s also lovely when they stop believing and you can carry on doing all the same things with a bit of a wink and much less stress. I’m for letting children work it out for themselves, with not too much parental input either way.

FunctionalSkills · 06/12/2022 08:56

I'd also be a bit worried he will now be disappointed.

If he thinks he's flying to real lap land with snow etc for a holiday (some kids do do this!) And then it's just an attraction.

I think allowing for mystery is great, but when your child is looking to you for truth it makes no sense to actively keep lying like this.

Floralnomad · 06/12/2022 09:41

OhChristmasTreeOhChristmasTreeFaLaLa · 05/12/2022 19:28

"What will you say when he starts asking awkward questions about sex for example."

She will use the magic door to teleport herself far far away of course 🤣

This has to be post of the day !

90sfilmsforever · 06/12/2022 10:06

Admittedly my eldest was quite gullible and young for her age but I took her and her younger sister (who was just a baby/toddler) twice, when she was 10 and 11. The second time I think her belief was waning a bit before we went but she was utterly convinced by the whole thing.... until we saw an elf having a cigarette in his break in the woods as we left

Hiphopopotamus · 06/12/2022 12:01

Your issue isn’t so much the Santa thing - I’ve never been to Lapland U.K. but all the reviews I’ve heard say it’s really well done - the issue is more that you’re trying to pretend he’s going to Finland when he’s not. Really bizarre choice - why wouldn’t you make it clear it’s still in the U.K.?

NoelNoNoel · 06/12/2022 12:19

Going to Lapland UK is such a lovely treat, it really is a premier Christmas day
out for DC. There is absolutely no need to pretend it’s something it isn’t.

Beanbagtrap · 06/12/2022 12:22

Athenen0ctua · 05/12/2022 18:08

Surely most children over about 7 would know Lapland is overseas?

My 7yo recently told my that england was in france. I suddenly realised I have dropped the ball on geography and quite clearly so has school. Atlas is number one xmas present this year!

curtaindrawn · 06/12/2022 14:53

I've just been this year with my 9 year old. He is quite cynical but he has such a great day and Father Christmas was so good that he forgot about the bits that didn't add up. He got swept up in the magic of it as we went along so that by the end he was a true believer. There are bits in LaplandUK which are magical. You can just say it must be magic snow and use the story of the portal, or just say it's FCs' base in the UK. We won't have another year as a believer but so glad we had this one.

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