On 25/12/2007, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [Peter referring to Steve's daughter about Santa
> Claus]
> She already suspects he's not quite what he appears to
> be.
>
[SA currently]
> I don't know what you mean by "he's not quite
> what he appears to be", but...
I meant that she had probably seen a man dressed as Santa at the shops and
thought that the beard looked weired.
When I was young, I really believed I heard him
> one Christmas Eve downstairs. He was as real as I am
> real. My niece the other day said she heard him one
> Christmas Eve. She got up, but saw her brother was
> sleeping in his bedroom still, so were her parents,
> and Santa Claus just left for the presents were under
> the tree. No wonder a man can become a duck! And I
> can't doubt Santa Claus or ghosts exist even today.
You mean they exist as ideas in the social mind?
I know when I dream sometimes, my dreams are as real as
> real can get, I sometimes get so scared I'll moan and
> wake myself up, look around, and as Zhaungzi once
> said, 'I then wondered if I was dreaming the butterfly
> or the butterfly was dreaming me.'
I sometimes wake up from a powerful dream and the emotion stays with me for
a while as if the dream really happened.
the little elves did it again,
> Santa Claus has all the gifts ready to go,
> SA
Sorry SA, but I think when kids ask for the truth you should give it to them
as you see it. I don't like it when parents think they should encourage
children to believe that fairy tales are true.
Have a happy festive season,
-Peter
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