Writer's Block: Million Dollar Smile

[aliki]

[Error: unknown template qotd]My parents didn't believe in teaching us such things, so we didn't have Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairies, or even any Buddhist gods or anything like that. 

We learned early on that our parents worked hard to provide for us, that when they did get us gifts, they did so because they loved us. We never expected gifts and when we did receive them, it was only because we truly deserved it. 

Some people said they ruined a child's imagination...  but I think it made me love my parents so much more for all the contributions and sacrifices they made for me growing up. 

Oh, and I love this Calvin & Hobbes strip:

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[sooshi.livejournal.com]

Over Christmas, Miguel had to remind me not to tell his nieces/nephews that Santa wasn't real. I didn't even think about that since we never believed in any of that.

Plus, we never had a chimney so Santa had no way to reach us :P

We believed in Buddhist Gods but it wasn't like they brought us anything you know? Come to think of it, I don't even know why we did.

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Ah, we don't have a chimney either.

In German tradition, I told her that Santa comes in through the window. Totally freaked her out, thinking about a man with a big burlap coming in through the window. She thought he'd take toys, not leave them.

Other parents have told me it's like Santa Clause, where Tim Allen creates a chimney where one doesn't exist, because it's MAGIC.