This is the first year that santa is coming to our house

I wrote a similar thing on facebook about how this year the kids will be getting presents from santa and why in the past I havent done that. You wouldnt believe what it turned into. It turned into people telling me that I need to get a job and that I'm living off their paychecks and that I am wrong the way I am raising my kids. It led to one girl being deleted off my friends list. There were a few people who were very nice and stuck up for me and said how rude the girl was who made all these nasty comments to me. There were 77 comments on my status. I write something funny and no one comments but I write something simple and people blow it all out of proportion it is ridiculous. As for what I will get for Christmas I dont know. My parents will get me things and my sister. Thats probably it I dont think my boyfriend will be getting me a present or anything and I dont exchange with any other adults. When your an adult and have kids you dont really care what you get its all about making the kids happy.

Thats what my boyfriend told me to do was stop writing controversial things on facebook or I will keep running into things like this. I dont give anyone a hard time about what they post I think I deserve the same respect. I refused to be silence because people want to be rude. I write what I want and if they give me a hard time they will be deleted from my friends list. I dont need any one being on my friends list just to gossip. If they were true friends they wouldnt be giving me a hard time about things.

That's why I stopped putting anything personal on facebook. Some people take it the wrong way, and you just find out that you've offended somebody already! 77 comments?! That's ridiculous!

That is a good point. I had trouble last year because I was not able to buy presents like I normally can. So what I did was get them many inexpensive gifts then one thing they really wanted each. This way Santa came and they still got lots of presents. I felt so guilty because I felt I was being cheap buying them 5 and 10 presents. But they did not even notice. They were actually very happy because they felt like they got more presents than usual LOL

Aww that is really sad that she felt that she must have been really bad if she didnt get as much as the other kid who was horrible all the time. I'm thinking that myself the kids at school will ask what she got from santa and she will tell them the two things she got and they might say thats it? I just worry so much about my kids feelings all the time. I never want to see them hurt. Luckily she only asked for two things so getting both the things she wanted from santa wasnt to expensive.

Hi Zuk and Shaggin, My girls are grown now and I remember being just like you two....worrying about their feelings and all and stressing out about not being able to do as much for them as I would have liked. I was in the car tonite with my 25 yr old. I told her , "just a warning..Christmas is going to be small this year." She laughed and said, "Oh mom, you have been saying that every year since I was 4 and I don't remember even one disappointing Christmas." We've always had fun and made good memorys regardless of the presents.

I have many nieces and nephews as well as little cousins. Because of this I only buy for children. I can not afford to buy for adults too. Christmas is for children anyway so no one minds.

You are right. Seeing their smiles and happiness from getting the presents from santa will be worth it. I just hope that they dont hate me someday for the lie. I hope they will understand that I am doing it because I want them to be happy and not disspointed when they have their heart set on presents from santa. After their father dying I just want to keep them from as many disspointments as I can.

Oh they will surely understand why we have to lie about Santa. It's part of their growing up process, to believe in Santa. Makes them anticipate Christmas always.