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Easter Bunny & other Fictitious Creatures

3/30/2013

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Our baby was born on Christmas, so we didn't really have an opportunity to dwell on whether or not to start the Santa tradition with him this year. And at only 1 week postpartum, I was in too much of a zombi-like exhausted way to even think about New Years. I think I went to bed around 7pm that night (and woke up again to nurse at 9pm, 11pm, 1am...)

But with Easter upon us tomorrow, we have arrived at the first holiday that involves some sort of festivities. Of course, at 3 months old, he wouldn't have a clue what an easter basket or bunny are, but when do you start these kinds of traditions with your child?? I suppose you could start right away from birth, with the idea that so early it's more for the parents' sake, and for photo memories. An infant in the arms of a drunken shopping mall Santa, a baby pumpkin being strolled around the nabe trick-or-treating, etc. I kinda feel like maybe we'll start all of these things after Kenzo is 1 year old. But I have a sinking feeling we are just so damn lazy it'll keep getting put off. There should be a guidebook for things like this. You know, What to Expect the First Year tells you when your baby should be able to coo or sit up or eat solid food, etc. It should tell you when you should celebrate holidays!

It's not just the when of celebrating I'm concerned with but also the how. Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny - these are all fun but if you really think about it, you are LYING to your children!! And promoting commercialism and greed and unhealthy eating habits. Whoa. Yes. I really went there. I'm not religious. I kinda flip flop between agnostic and atheist, but I've always felt really strange how we lie to children about Santa and tell them they can believe in something they can't see, just like God. But then, wait a minute, they get to a certain age and shut the front door - The Easter Bunny isn't real? The Tooth Fairy isn't real?? SANTA ISN'T REAL?????!! But... God is real? And I should believe my parents who have been lying to me about this for years and years why??? Hmph. Am I the only one who sees it this way? Perhaps I need a therapist... ^_^ I sure would like to avoid this kind of confusion for our dear little boy, without depriving him of the fun and carefree childhood he deserves.

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Maggie
3/30/2013 12:51:37 pm

Hey Heather, I totally agree. We are pretty set on not doing Santa for our kids for the same reasons you mentioned. My mom will probably hate this (she's big into Santa), but I feel weird about lying to my children, especially as we do believe in God and don't want our kids to think we are lying about that. Also my step-siblings and their kids are Jewish, so how would we explain that Santa visits some of the cousins, but not the others. Coming to North America as an immigrant, Irving has serious reservations about the commercialism of Christmas here so we hope to do toned-down holidays with any future kiddos... as much as any of the grandparents will let us anyway!

Not to mention, people dressed up as the Easter Bunny are just creepy looking....

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Kelsey link
3/30/2013 04:30:49 pm

Well I was raised Catholic, hubs is nothing lol and we both did the whole Christmas/Santa thing as kids. His dad told him at a young age, Santa wasn't real and presents came from Takashimaya lol. So Xmas was ruined early for hubs. My parents weren't good at hiding gifts and the shopping bags they came in. I still like the whole concept of "writing to Santa" and opening presents under the tree, so I'll do it for my kids. But we never did the Easter Bunny at my house--it was too scary and well, my mom didn't let us eat candy, so no point of Easter baskets for us!

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8/22/2024 02:55:10 am

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8/22/2024 02:55:28 am

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