Comments on: Visiting Santa: Yay or Nay?

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:33:34 +0000

i actually was hoping for a freaked-out-kid-on-the-lap-of-Santa photo but have never gotten one with Lovie yet. she’s too chill of a kid to freak out like that.

By: Jayne Ellen

Jayne Ellen — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:04:12 +0000

We tried it my son’s first Christmas, when he was about 10 or 11 months old. He became very, very upset, and after that I decided we’ll return when he is able to ask to do so.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:44:40 +0000

sounds like you are tainting a innocent childhood pasttime. You issues of making this “icky” seem to be about you and not your child. While there are many issues to worry about affecting our children this should not be one of them and should be as innocuous as taking a picture with Mickey or a Princess at Disney! For the innocence of your child I beg you to stop making a big deal when there shouldnt be. How will you react when the real stuff hits? Stop villanizing Santa or what he stands for, that is the innocence of childhood!!

By: Abigail Green

Abigail Green — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:39:49 +0000

Yeah, those parents will pay for it in therapy years later.

By: Liz DeLoach

Liz DeLoach — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:47:00 +0000

When my kids were young, I took them to see Santa and the decision to sit on his lap was left entirely up to them. My son would not do it until he was 5. He stood several feet away and talk/shouted to him. It was funny and unique. Over the years of doing so, I observed some parents who went to ridiculous lengths to get their kids on Santa’s lap – crying and screaming – for a funny photo opp. I thought then and still feel that this is wrong on every level.

By: Abigail Green

Abigail Green — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:58:32 +0000

I tell my kids they’re Santa’s helpers, too.

By: Angie Mizzell

Angie Mizzell — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:35:24 +0000

I’ve never taken my kids to the mall Santa, but my reasoning is trying to explain why Santa looks different that the Santa at the other mall, or whatever. Now that my oldest is 6, and right on the edge of believing/not believing he understands that most of the Santas are just dressed up helpers. So I thought that this year we might venture out to the mall, to investigate. Is the mall Santa real, or just a dressed up helper??? To be continued….

By: Abigail Green

Abigail Green — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:16:28 +0000

Wow, I bet you have some stories to tell! I smell a bestseller… “Behind the Candy Cane Curtain: The Naughty Truth About Mall Santas.”

By: Abigail Green

Abigail Green — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:15:06 +0000

Oh, the many, many ways we mess up our kids! My son is freaked out about the teeth, too. He demands to know why the Tooth Fairy needs to take them and what she does with them.

By: Natasha Maltais

Natasha Maltais — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:23:15 +0000

I worked in a costume shop for 10 years. Unfortunately after meeting mall Santas, there was only ONE I’d let my daughter visit. *shudder