As I sit here preparing for the upcoming holiday, I realized a few
things. I have taught my kids about the holidays the way I was taught
with a spin. I sat them down and explained about Jesus and why we
personally celebrate. I also explained to them that the way we celebrate
actually derived from Pagan holidays. I explained why we use the tree,
what the star means and what each of the traditions mean. When I was a
kid, we were taught about Jesus and god and Santa Claus. I prefer
to give my kids as much information as possible and allow for them to
decide what they believe. I have read a few articles over the last month
trying to persuade parents from teaching their kids to believe in
Santa. Me personally, I believe that kids should all have a certain
amount of magic in their lives. Magic and imagination allows the kids to
shape the way they will be. I am in my 30s and I still believe in
magic. I still have hope that there are things out there that I can not
explain. I say to you parents that it is perfectly okay to allow your
child to believe in magic and fairy tales. Sometimes the world can be a
dark and horrifying place. Giving your kid hope that there is some kind
of light out there that is always there.
*Update*
Teaching a four year old about Christmas for the first time is an adventure. They are little sponges at this point. It was easy to teach him the different reasons for celebrating. I recommenced this for everyone.
