This is never even heard of in Asia.. Children in Asia know Santa is not real.
2006-12-07 18:36:44 · 20 answers · asked by ♡ Choc ♡ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
The legend of Santa is of European origin, so it is not strictly an American thing. .
Asian parents raise their children one way, American parents raise their children a different way, and no two are the same at that. Why does it matter what anyone else does? Follow your own traditions and nix those you don't like or that don't have any meaning to you.
2006-12-07 18:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 2 children ages 2 and 7. My 7 year old still believes in Santa Claus. Though I don't fill up stockings, eat halves of cookies, or leave any extra presents Christmas morning. He's never even asked me if Santa Claus is real,
Nor have I volunteered any information to blow his misperception. He believes because other children believe. I haven't lied.
2006-12-08 02:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by dsolsi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it gives children a chacne to have an imagination. It helps build anticipation that one man can travel the entire world and deliever presents, and he gets to open a couple in the morning. I think it is healthy to let the chilren explore the thoughts of Santa. It's not really a lie, as more of a tradition.
2006-12-08 02:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by mke 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Santa Claus is real if you only believe. Alot of things are never heard of in Asia, I wonder why.
2006-12-08 06:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by couchP56 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I personally never swayed the issue either way. When they were small if they wanted to believe I'd let them. When they got older and questioned Santa I told them the truth. I told them that their father and I were Santa. They were old enough to appreciate that.
2006-12-08 09:23:21 · answer #5 · answered by malomw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't steal children's right to a dream and fairy tale world.
The mistake is that parents tend to let their kids find out the worst way that Santa isn't real (by discovering their presents hidden in their parent's closet, or the letters they thought mum had sent to Santa still remaining in her bag after Christmas).
2006-12-08 02:46:40 · answer #6 · answered by Vette 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Children in Asia also didn't grow up with the Scandinavian tradition of Kris Kringle.
Children in Asia are also working by the time they are 6. I'd say it's a slightly different world.
2006-12-08 02:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by sarcastro1976 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Santa comes from your heart. I grew up believing in him and to this day 30 some years later I still believe in the man!
2006-12-08 06:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by jennifer44241 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Father Christmas is a European idea, and what is wrong with a bit of imagination and mystery what is so wrong with children with innocence and wonder?
In Ireland it is felt that the longer children hold on to that the better the world is such a terrible place children grow up and become bitter and cynical soon enough.
2006-12-08 06:31:56 · answer #9 · answered by Captain Shamrock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they believe that Santa is not real, he sure as heck wlll not bring them anything. You gotta believe. Do the children in Asia get gifts at Christmastime? If not, that is why.
2006-12-08 02:46:30 · answer #10 · answered by taurus 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋