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Post by swamp on Dec 23, 2014 9:19:22 GMT -5
I think I will leave him wine this year.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Dec 23, 2014 9:28:03 GMT -5
scotch is quicker
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Post by TheHaitian on Dec 23, 2014 9:30:33 GMT -5
And will keep him/her warmer  |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Dec 23, 2014 9:34:31 GMT -5
The kids have decreed milk and cookies. And it cannot be DH's non-dairy milk either - I asked out of curiosity when they were talking about it a couple of days ago.  As a kid in the 70s, we did beer and cookies for Santa. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 23, 2014 9:37:55 GMT -5
'Candy is dandy. Liquor is quicker. Pot is not.'
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Dec 23, 2014 9:54:25 GMT -5
A friends daughter set out beer and mac n cheese  |
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Post by movingforward on Dec 23, 2014 10:00:00 GMT -5
I used to leave chocolate cake. My dad would always say "Santa is going to get tons of cookies. Chocolate cake will be a nice change for him."
When I was six years old Santa left me a note on Christmas morning saying that he didn't bring me the Nike tennis shoes I wanted because he thought I would get a lot more use out of some snow boots. That was the last year I believed in Santa.
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Post by giramomma on Dec 23, 2014 11:01:39 GMT -5
DS (almost 11) finally knows about Santa. We told him he could eat the cookies to help ease his disappointment. So, no beer, wine, or Scotch for Santa.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Dec 23, 2014 11:15:03 GMT -5
DS (almost 11) finally knows about Santa. We told him he could eat the cookies to help ease his disappointment. So, no beer, wine, or Scotch for Santa. I honestly don't think Keira's going to make it to 11. She's 6 and I suspect I've got a couple of years only. She's smart and she notices the little things. |
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Dec 23, 2014 11:28:23 GMT -5
I heard a story on NPR the other day about a guy whose parents went to all kinds of elaborate lengths to keep the ruse going for him when he was a kid. In middle school he got up in front of the class and told them of a close encounter they had with Santa. Of course he was disbelieved, disrespected and generally dissed for this.... His parents, insisting Santa WAS real, only conceded that he may wish to keep their opinions to himself. Incredibly, he made it part way through HS before finally getting the truth, and by that time he had been ribbed mercilessly by his classmates.
To this day he says he has "issues" because of it, and of course he blames his parents. His Dad, to this day, thinks it was all in good fun. One of those stories that just makes you shake your head.  |
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 23, 2014 11:53:26 GMT -5
I heard a story on NPR the other day about a guy whose parents went to all kinds of elaborate lengths to keep the ruse going for him when he was a kid. In middle school he got up in front of the class and told them of a close encounter they had with Santa. Of course he was disbelieved, disrespected and generally dissed for this.... His parents, insisting Santa WAS real, only conceded that he may wish to keep their opinions to himself. Incredibly, he made it part way through HS before finally getting the truth, and by that time he had been ribbed mercilessly by his classmates.
To this day he says he has "issues" because of it, and of course he blames his parents. His Dad, to this day, thinks it was all in good fun. One of those stories that just makes you shake your head. High school? OMG! |
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Post by giramomma on Dec 23, 2014 11:59:51 GMT -5
DS (almost 11) finally knows about Santa. We told him he could eat the cookies to help ease his disappointment. So, no beer, wine, or Scotch for Santa. I honestly don't think Keira's going to make it to 11. She's 6 and I suspect I've got a couple of years only. She's smart and she notices the little things. Yeah. I thought my DD1 would get it sooner than DS did. I was more worried about her spoiling it for him. The kids at school have been telling him there's no Santa for 2 years. He's just kinda naive and innocent. More so than other children. Sometimes, I think it doesn't work in his favor.. This was the first time DS flat out asked us and said he knew there was no Santa. (Thanks to Shark Tank, of all things.) I wasn't going out of my way to be specific when he hinted, because 2 yo in the house. Now, whenever Santa is brought up in the convo, DS says something and then winks like a mad man at me. He doesn't wink too well, either. It looks more like a tick, as his wink technique isn't subtle. But he has an awesome little glint in his eye when he does, so I just enjoy it. |
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Post by tskeeter on Dec 23, 2014 13:39:33 GMT -5
I think I will leave him wine this year. This should work well. Especially if you include a sippy cup with a lanyard to hang it around his neck. Not as likely to spill if Rudolph makes a sudden jog to avoid Saturn. |
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Post by lynnerself on Dec 23, 2014 13:59:31 GMT -5
My kids left Santa cookies and eggnog. Later "Santa" spiked the eggnog with brandy.
DS would have pretended about Santa for a long time, even after he knew.
DD was only 5 or 6 when she asked if Santa was real. Very much a little realist. It wasn't even that other kids had told her. I think my answer to her was that she was too young to stop believing, but I'd never lie once asked.
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Post by Ryan on Dec 23, 2014 14:20:41 GMT -5
I thought it was unbelievable that my sister-in-law thought santa was real up until about 5th grade when her parents finally told her. I told my wife that I'm not sure I ever believed in Santa...or at least can't ever remember a time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2014 22:42:33 GMT -5
Santa only bring presents to believers at my house!
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Dec 24, 2014 17:12:28 GMT -5
Well since we're now empty nesters, we don't leave snacks for Santa, but when my son was younger, we left cookies and milk. He believed until he was about 6 or 7. I hated that someone told him Santa wasn't real.
I know I believed until I was about 5. I remember coming downstairs in the middle of the night at about 3 or 4 yo and all the presents were under the tree. My mom was in the kitchen prepping for dinner the next day and heard me. She acted really surprised and said that Santa must have come while her back was turned. Good catch mom! |
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Post by weltschmerz on Dec 24, 2014 17:14:46 GMT -5
I leave out a few joints for Santa so he can scarf down all those cookies other people leave him.
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