myths busted!
so a little lighter topic:
i have 2 kids, one is almost 2 the other just over 3. both are all about the easter bunny and santa -- especially the 3 year old.
so, i'm trying to remember when i realized there was no such thing as either. can't say for sure. how long did some of you go on believing? those with kids, DID you let them believe? did you break the sad news to them?
any stories about how some of your childhood illusions were shattered would be appreciated! 😄
I always thought it was odd that christians celebrate their Easter holiday commemorating the death and resurrection of their savior, Jesus Christ, by telling their kids that a giant Bunny Rabbit..................left chocolate eggs in the night. I never believed the easter bunny anyway. Santa? I found my mom and dad putting out the presents unerneath the tree Christmas eve, when I was supposed to be asleep but snuck out of bed to try and see Santa.
Originally posted by ImpedimentThat's because Easter is really associated with Paganism, the goddess of fertility...hence bunnies and eggs...
[B]I always thought it was odd that christians celebrate their Easter holiday commemorating the death and resurrection of their savior, Jesus Christ, by telling their kids that a giant Bunny Rabbit..................left chocolate eggs in the night. I never believed the easter bunny anyway.
The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos." 1 Her name was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eastre."
http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm
The only thing my parents played along with is the tooth fairy, and even then, it wasn't something they really pushed.
There was also some funny business (I think my grandparents started it) with the ghost of Elijah, the biblical prophet who drinks from the seder cup on Passover. Someone would always gently kick the table, so you saw the vibrations in the cup. That was supposed to be Elijah sipping the wine...but none of my relatives could keep a completely straight face.
I got Jamie and Adam to do a special mythbusters for my kids. That's no true actually. I don't have kids.
Anyway, I think most kids, if not told they aren't real, will eventually logically come to work it out for themselves, by at least age 7 or 8. They are so observant, I mean the whole "how can Santa be at 7 different malls all at once and why does he ask if I've been good or bad, shouldn't he already know???!!!" (My own questions at age five, the age I pretty much stopped really believing.)
And even if it doesn't happen there you can bet some kid at school will say "Santa's not real."