It's almost Christmas, just two days from now! So exciting, being able to receive presents from under that tree from one legend we all came to know as Santa. Oh? I know I am 21 years old, but he still visits and delivers presents and within the following morning me, my brothers who've came from different states, and parents awaken to open all the gifts together.
The natural tradition, least here in the US (can also take place anywhere else but I have little understanding of who else celebrates it) is that Christmas is the time when an old man with a red suit comes around giving gifts under the tree mainly for children or teens overall.
A lot of parents celebrate Christmas in different ways. Christmas to me is to celebrate the birth of Jesus, despite that he wasn't actually born on that day and we tend to celebrate by the Santa tradition anyways. Some parents only do the Santa routine until the kids hit a certain age and stop completely. There are families who do that sort of thing, but say it's not from Santa but from them.
Question: Should we tell our children about Santa? Why do you think parents don't want to say the presents are from them, but from a mythical being who's riding on those raindeer every Christmas night delivering presents around the globe? Please tell me how you see all of this, and I believe in Santa but not in that one guy ... I believe we're all a Santa Claus because when we give, we're spreading cheer and giving people hope. To kids we're a Santa like model.