What do you want to believe about Santa?

Christmas season has begun! Christmas Spirit … Decorations … Commercialism… and… Santa questions. I was waiting for the day when my daughter, who is now 8, would ask if “Santa is real?” One of her best friends informed my daughter it’s the parents, not Santa, who brings the presents for Christmas.

So, my daughter, with her searching brown eyes, asked me straight on, “Mom, is Santa real?”

I responded, after taking a deep, searching breath…”What do you want to believe?”

That’s all that she needed to hear. She needed to hear that I was giving her permission to develop her beliefs and let them evolve.

With a smile on her face, she described that Santa is real because Saint Nicholas is real. “He must work with the parents to bring the presents,” she explained. Santa, in the spirit of Christmas and Jesus, helps children feel loved and special. She still hasn’t quite figured out the logistics about the chimney yet, especially since ours in under construction. That will be for another year :-)

What do you want to believe?

Post a comment and let me know your thoughts.

P.S. One of my favorite Christmas movies is “Elf”

Beverly Dolenz Walsh, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Life and Family Coach
Imagine Your Life...Then Live It!
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