Comments on: Fame or Shame Game #5: Santa Deception Kits

By: tawni

tawni — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:08:44 +0000

oops.. I wasn't finished w/ my post yet. :)

Fame...
if they can't do it themselves w/o some sort of pre-packaged idea, who cares..Although it would be A LOT cheaper to just do it on your own.

I agree with doing these things just to see the kids expressions and keeping the magic alive a bit longer. Our 9 year old is asking questions, and to tell you the truth, I think he is pretending to believe just to humor me at this point. I remember finding out about all of this when I was little...lol, I felt totally betrayed by my Mom for lying to me about everything. They find out about 1 and it ALL comes out. Horrible, and I'm not ready for that just yet.

By: tawni

tawni — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:02:04 +0000

The Easter Bunny always leaves "droppings" all over the house for the kids to find Easter Morning. And ALWAYS leaves a huge pile of "droppings" by the front door.

It's hilarious to see their faces when one of us eat the droppings, explaining that Easter Bunny Poo tastes like chocolate! (chocolate covered raisins to be exact!).. I just pray my children never run into a real rabbit and attempt to taste real rabbit poo! AGH!

By: Erin S.

Erin S. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:11:39 +0000

Both fame and shame. The dust is a neat idea…though if they have dust for all the holidays they are overdoing it just a bit. Ummm, Santa poop soap? Gross. As for the Santa’s Clues, we always did milk and cookies and that worked just fine. If Santa left bits and pieces at every house he would end up naked by the end!

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:13:59 +0000

I agree that with a little creativity, you could come up with cheap alternatives to this stuff. We always press my husbands workboot into flour and make bootprints walking out of the fireplace to the tree, with a handprint or two thrown in for good measure. He has yet to question why these have not "melted" since they are "snow" and he is 7.
When we were little, all we did was milk, cookies and carrots and we still believed until the year my mom hid the presents in my uncles basement apartment and we found them.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:45 +0000

I didn’t grow up with Santa, neither did my husband. In fact, my mom started giving us gifts from “Santa” when we were in high school, making no effort to disguise her handwriting on the packages. She claimed she was bored with writing “Mom.” Fame to this inventor, though, because they are capitalizing on several key marketing areas: sentimentality, children, and gimmicky Christmas stuff. I think they stand to make a lot of money, though probably not from me.

By: My Boaz's Ruth

My Boaz's Ruth — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:41:05 +0000

This reminds me. We need to talk about the whole Santa thing with the kid. Otherwise, I think he isn’t coming to our house.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:18 +0000

Wow, can parents not come up with these on their own? The furthest we ever went was the cookies and carrot sticks missin (carrots for Rudolph; I don't know why we never fed the other reindeer. Now that I think of that, it's just sad).

I'm not opposed to the Santa stories, but to have to buy this kind of stuff! Shame on anyone who actually buys it.

By: Jeffery Williams

Jeffery Williams — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:59:22 +0000

All I see are negatives if I tried to use it to fool my kids. Alternatively, I can see putting the clues out with my kids as a post Christmas decoration. Giggling over the glasses and pretending with them that he left these things. That way we could keep the image of Santa untarnished and keep him in sight and in mind.

By: RobMonroe

RobMonroe — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:23 +0000

Fame for some, Shame for others. My wife and I are still discussing the whole concept of telling Abby that Santa even exists. I'm definitely not a fan of the Tooth Fairy, but not sure why. Hmm.

If you're going all out to celebrate Christmas Santa-Style, this should bring a lot of fame.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:21 +0000

What happened to good old fashioned believing…you know seeing that Santa ate the cookies you left out for him?
“sigh” I guess kids these days need more proof. Fame for helping busy parents retain their child’s innocence just a little longer.