the things kids say!!

[mullein3]

i know i have posted something similar recently..but i have to share this with you as its funny..santa came down my daughters street yesterday on a sleigh collecting money for charity and my grandson he is 3 shouted ..you i want my presents now..he hasnt heard of patience..he was most miffed when he drove past so my daughter played a trick on him when he came to open the window on his advent calender she had removed the chocolate ...so all hell broke loose..i told her to stop winding him up as he is like me and has no patience...i dont know if any other parents have a child scared of santa but the granddaughter is absoloutely terrified of him she was scared last year as well she is nearly 2 and a half..i was going to take them to see santa but i cant as the grandaughter litterally shakes from head to foot..so its not a good idea to force her..

[Lore]

I'm still scared of him mullein..lol, I used to quiver when I was made to go see him and put on a false smile for the picture! sounds daft but he really really frightened the life out of me :(

[mullein3]

i wonder why some are scared of him? we keep telling her he is kind and brings toys but it doesnt work..the other week when we went to a garden centre their was a big santa ornament by the door and it was a nightmare getting her past it...once we were inside me and the grandson went to look at the xmas stuff and my daughter had to whisk her away from it and go and look at animals instead..its like a phobia..

[Lore]

mullein, I'm 32 and I still can't being myself to go near anyone dressed in one of those animal costumes... e.g Disneyland.. I was a mess everytime I walked past one! It sounds pathetic, I know they're just people dressed up but I start shaking whenever I go near them!

[Lore]

ooops! I'm 33 now lol

[mullein3]

lore..it does sound strange..i am hoping she will out grow this as its awkward i had to get her a xmas card without santa on and we dont draw her attention to it..the other night when that santa was going down her street she quaked in her shoes..she was also awkward at halloween i wasnt allowed to have any masks or do any tricks and we couldnt wear hats..it spoils things for the grandson a bit as he is allways the life and soul..

[Lore]

She will learn to cope with it in time, just like I did, but until she realises it isn't real and underneath the costumes and masks there's a person it's going to be pretty much the same. It's a fear, a phobia and she needs lots of reassurance.

Don't change anything, walk past santa with her, let everyone wear masks at halloween etc otherwise she'll never get the idea that it's all pretend, she needs to become familliar with her fear and learn how to overcome it herself.

[mullein3]

lore...thanks for saying that i hope she does overcome it..the two grandkids are totally different the grandson like me ..up to no good ..lol....she used to be abit wary of me as i am boisterouse and she used to cringe away from me so i just ignored her and she came round..i took them to a steam rally in june and i walked off with the grandson and i was buying him everything in site and letting him go on things and she was stuck in the pushchair and after about a couple of hours she was begging to get out and hold nannys hand also..she still prefers my husband to me as he is quiet and gentle but is okay with me now..as you say she may get over her santa fear in time..

[Gef]

Some of you might like this Santa.

http://www.banditos.info/speles/sobersanta2.swf

[tigerthecat]

I hate people dressed up too and am sure it goes back to meeting santa -old man with beard - yuk.