My 8 year old daughter has begun asking questions about Santa’s existence. On the way home from piano lessons tonight, she asked, “Mom, how can Santa be real.” I know it won’t be long before I’m going to have to give her straight answers to the Santa questions.
In poking around online trying to get some ideas from other parents about how they have handled this sensitive subject, I found a letter written by Martha Brockenbrough to her daughter Lucy, which answers the Santa question so beautifully that I cannot imagine any other way to tell my daughters the truth. With this letter as a parenting tool, I feel they will be given a gift that will help them keep the magic of Santa in their hearts forever regardless of the season.
This is the actual letter I will give my daughters when they are ready with much gratitude to Martha Brockenbrough.
Kathy Shea Mormino
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My 8 year old daughter has begun asking questions about Santa’s existence. On the way home from piano lessons tonight, she asked, “Mom, how can Santa be real.” I know it won’t be long before I’m going to have to give her straight answers to the Santa questions.
In poking around online trying to get some ideas from other parents about how they have handled this sensitive subject, I found a letter written by Martha Brockenbrough to her daughter Lucy, which answers the Santa question so beautifully that I cannot imagine any other way to tell my daughters the truth. With this letter as a parenting tool, I feel they will be given a gift that will help them keep the magic of Santa in their hearts forever regardless of the season.
This is the actual letter I will give my daughters when they are ready with much gratitude to Martha Brockenbrough.
This brought tears to my eyes. That letter is wonderful! My youngest daughter is also 8 and I know her time to believe is almost over :( I actually made a banner to go over my fireplace that says "believe". I've wanted to make it for a year and finally got it done. I want my three girls to believe in everything, themselves, magic, love, God, miracles, Santa, Bigfoot, you name it I want them to think all things are possible. Thanks for sharing this. I hope to find that letter when it's my little ones time to know the… Read more »
Kathy,I chose to tell my children about the real Saint Nicholas. He was a Turkish priest & was very kind to children in a time when children were considered a burden. They not only had to work but washed last & ate last so often were dirty & hungry, etc. He wore a long white robe as priests of that time wore & rode a horse – not in a sleigh (we got that from Zues.) On Christmas Day, St. N. would give the children who had so little a bread roll or some treat of food – because he… Read more »
My daughter is 14 now and found out Santa wasn't real at school. I have always told her Santa is in all of us. This letter really brings home that point. I will have to share this with her. Thanks Kathy!!
What a lovely way to explain Santa. Wish I had this when my daughter was young – she's 21 now and a senior in college. So, young mothers out there appreciate every minute – good times and bad. They grow up in the blink of an eye and then they are out the door and on their own. And then…you get more chickens! LOL. Merry Christmas, Kathy!
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