Last Saturday we went to our Christmas party at church. We had a really nice time. We had a full dinner and then the Primary children acted out the Nativity scene. Well, they were in costume and moved, while a brother did brief narration and the rest of sang Christmas hymns. It was very well organized and brought a very sweet spirit.
On another note of Christmas festivities-(My vent)
Tomorrow the Primary from church is having a "Cookies with Santa" party for all the kids. They're going to make cookies and visit with Santa. Which sounds like a great idea and will sure to be loads of fun. However we will not be attendance for a number of reasons. #1 being my children's unexplainable fear of the man in red & white. In fact, last year at the Christmas party when Santa made his grand appearance, heard over all the cheers was my screaming daughter running in the opposite direction. We even saw a Santa this year at Wal-Mart and when he tried to talk to her (from a distance even) she hid her face and started whimpering. Despite what others may feel that "there are scarier things in life than Santa Claus". We (the parents) do not feel the need to subject our 3 year old toddler to "get over it".
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LOL, I understand your sentiments at the end, even though I have yet to experience such. I'm not going to try and get Maddie near santa yet, but when we're at the mall we do stand and watch the kids taking pictures with Santa so she can get used to at least the sight.
Your kids aren't the only ones that are afraid of Santa. Bradley and Lauren had a terrible fear of anyone dressed up(Santa, Chuck E Cheese, etc). I don't think they "got over it" until they were 5 or 6 years old. We have Bradley on video screaming bloody murder when Chunk a Wonka tried to give him his birthday goodies. I think it was his 3rd or 4th birthday party.
At least they are seperating the two this year so you got to enjoy the Ward party with out Santa fears.
Amen! Lol.
Andre'a
lol, yeah sorry i forced mine anyway. wayne was 5 or 6 before he was over it. so needless to say i am in more santa and easter bunny pics than i would care to be and that is why toby isn't. toby is usu. at work or home when we happen to see santa, just by coincidence and grab a photo. lol oh well, i am the mean parent, but then i started taking photos with santa when they were babies
You should've come. They had Santa in a seperate room, so you could have done the other stuff and just skipped Santa.
Ellie was put to bed in our room this Christmas eve. She said "Mom please don't put me in my room until Santa leaves!" I guess some big dude coming into your house in the middle of the night can be a little scary for a kis!
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