Not doing santa claus with my kid

I disagree. It doesn't do any harm for kids to have a bit of fantasy and magic in their lives for a few short years, I look back on those years very fondly. Plus it doesn't mean you can't also teach them real-world lessons.

Damn you're strict.

Raised my children that Santa claus was based on st nick a man who gave presents to children. And that their mother an I love them an buy them the toys. It never did away with the excitement of the season. Never taught Easter bunny either but did teach God, reason if you teach all and cant see all and then they realize santa and Easter bunny is a myth what will they think about God!

my parent's never told me anything about santa, i just found out that santa is thing from the internet. did it affect me whatsoever?. absolutely not.

My parents didn’t tell me and my sister that Santa was real. And I appreciated not being lied to. Life has enough disappointments as you grow up.

I thought one of the main reasons parents did Santa was to encourage good behaviour or “Santa won’t visit”.

So I guess teaching the real meaning of Christmas is out of the question.

Exchanging gifts to celebrate Jesus Birthday, and the wonderful story of st Nicholas.

If it's just to reward or encourage kids behavior then adults should do away with it by age 15 or 20. And, why bring a tree into your house if there is no story behind it. If it is just about mom and dad and grandparents buying the kids stuff why not do it when they really want it or to reward behavior monthly or quarterly.

There is a lot more to teach about Christmas than the fat guy bringing presents. However, for the very young it is a good excuse and story, until they can comprehend more of the real meanings.

But, you can teach the spirit of giving and of enjoying friends and family time.

Teach them about the good acts of St. Nicholas (the person) and the good acts of King Wenceslas (there is a real story behind the song - and he did exist; although he was not a very good king in managing his small empire, which shows that you don't have to be skilled or talented to be able to do good things for people).

Isn't the whole point of santa for kids to behave well?
Either way most kids don't believe in santa for many years so it doesn't matter what you do. It's just part of the christmas magic for children. Logic is good but I believe in letting kids be kids. They're still learning something because telling them santa is real means they'll associate good behaviour with rewards, kind of like how you train animals I guess lol. I don't even remember believeing in santa because I did so for such a short time, I know I did at one point though. Eventually it becomes obvious that the person behind the mask is a relative.
I think christmases as a kid would've been pretty boring without that innocent christmas magic of santa and all that. Christmas is not the same as an adult, it's just a nice day after all the stress leading up to it. When you're a child though it's all magical... Wouldn't want to have missed out on that, personally.

Lol. This is a dramatic over analyzation. What a silly looking word.

Kids will snap out of it when they're older.

How about you let kids have a little magic and fantasy in their lives?

You know what, fair enough. You explained that well.