Follow-up: For those with children, do you continue the ruse with your own children, or simply tell them it’s you who gives the gifts? Why or why not?

  • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
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    17 days ago

    pretty early. 5 or 6. religious celebration salad + small thinking just won’t let that pass through. it became a family in-joke after.

    philosophy class got me a glimpse of adulting and got me believing again.

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      17 days ago

      I get what you mean. Christmas was never about the religious aspect for me, but about family getting together, the holiday cheer, and exchanging gifts. Also, booze and huge meals.

      I’m an atheist, but I still celebrate Christmas.

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        17 days ago

        yes, it’s now these small things that make people happy that make it important.

        religious santa or the commercial santa just becomes a bonus side-effect.