1.) I wish I had the guts to actually bow out of 'giftmas'. I wish I did not feel pressured to give my children (and husband) gifts to make them feel spoiled at Christmas.
2.) I wish I didn't feel like I was somehow being a bad parent for wanting to not perpetuate the Santa myth with my youngest.
3.) I wish I didn't feel like a bad parent for perpetuating the Santa myth with my youngest.
4.) Yes, 2 and 3 are completely opposite. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, so to speak.
5.) I wish my kids and I really focused on Jesus at Christmas, not just on gifts. Even if they are small, inexpensive, needed, and meaningful - it's still stuff.
We never did the Santa thing with Sky. She seems to have come through it OK :)
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