My daughter still believes in Santa. We went shopping and I had her choose two toys that she really liked and then we donated them to "Toys For Tots". She asked," why are we doing this because Santa will bring their toys?" I explained to her that the world is based on commerce and that nothing is free. Because of that parents have to buy their toys from Santa and some parents can afford to buy more than others and then there are those who can't afford to buy anything. That's why we give. I explained to her that Santa has a business to run..he has over head cost, like paying his elfs to work, buying raindeer food, the cost of heating the north pole, drying cleaning his Santa suit, etc. I didn't know of any other way to explain it. What do you tell your child?
2006-12-20
11:09:30
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