Are you seriously asking if kids believe in bedtime stories/farirytales?
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Did anyone really believe the Elves made that gameboy or whatever you got for Christmas?
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Are you seriously asking if kids believe in bedtime stories/farirytales?
It was a rhetorical question. Kids don't believe in fairytales, generally, in my experience.
The movie Elf explicitly states that elfs learn to make microprocessors...
That's my Christmas canon.
These were stories told to me as just that. Stories in a book. Santa was a fiction made real by the work of my parents and other cooperating adults.
My ten year old still believes. She's pretty internet savvy too. They'll believe if they want to believe. Same with elves and fairies. They compartmentalise and forget stuff. Being a kid is a busy lifestyle you can't keep up with all the shit going on.
I believed the elves and such were making the toys and whatever.
They're magic, they can easily reproduce electronics and brand name goods.
Wow, that's a bit much.
I would have just believed or told others who asked that the elves wish to reproduce items exactly as they are so if the one you buy in the shops says 'Made in China' or whatever then the elves will make it say that on theirs too.
They're magic, they can easily reproduce electronics and brand name goods.
Wow, that's a bit much.
I would have just believed or told others who asked that the elves wish to reproduce items exactly as they are so if the one you buy in the shops says 'Made in China' or whatever then the elves will make it say that on theirs too.
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I didn't have a concept of what was/wasn't possible for elves or Santa to create. Then in that mid period between believing and not believing, I assumed he just purchased these popular things because a lot of people would want them.
"Kids, Santa didn't make your new phone. It was built in a sweatshop and we, your parents, worked overtime so we could afford to buy it day one. Merry Christmas."
I was around 8-10 when I figured it out by stumbling upon a computer hidden under the stairs. And in those days it was the massive monitor kind, so not easy to hide.
Shortly after Christmas, a girl in my class told my table all about sex/porn etc. I was curious, looked it all up on the computer at home, obviously didn't know how to delete the search history (I dread to think what it was, thankfully I've blocked it out of my memory), my mother found the history and banned me from the computer until close to the time I started secondary school (11 turning 12).
Figured the elves pulled off elaborate heists of goods during transit like the DVD players in the first Fast and the Furious movie. So when you get that Game Boy you are actually an unwilling participant in the illegal trafficking of stolen goods.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
As the eternally wise Terry Pratchett once said, you need to believe in the little lies in order to believe in the big ones. The ones you need to believe or you'd go mad.
Come on. This is Santa propaganda. Everyone know's he's the biggest IP thief and creator of knock off toys in the world.
Nah lying to kids is the best. I remember telling some little kids that they can only sneeze 100 times in their lives before their heads exploded and then asked them if they'd been keeping count up until then.
Yes, and my parents explained it away with the same way they explained everything away with Santa - MAGIC!
How does Santa get in if we don't have a chimney? "He uses magic to shrink himself down and then enters through the roof vent!"
How do elves make video games? "They use magic to make the parts they need to assemble!"
I fucking hate that my parents did this shit because it led to me believing in Santa right up until 4th grade, when everyone else had accepted the truth years before so it made me look like a baby lol
I've already told my wife that the second our daughter asks if Santa is real, I'm totally laying the truth on her.
How does Santa get in if we don't have a chimney? "He uses magic to shrink himself down and then enters through the roof vent!"
How do elves make video games? "They use magic to make the parts they need to assemble!"
I fucking hate that my parents did this shit because it led to me believing in Santa right up until 4th grade, when everyone else had accepted the truth years before so it made me look like a baby lol
I've already told my wife that the second our daughter asks if Santa is real, I'm totally laying the truth on her.
lol, my kids did this exact same thing to me and my wife when we went to tell them the truth about Santa.
They were both all "yeah, we know, we like getting presents though"
So it was us getting conned the whole time!
This, I don't think any kid around here truly believed here but it's a fun story and folklore to tell, same way Greek Mythology or campfire stories, urban legends, or local folklore here in Scotland.
Like in Scotland their's folklore about a Fey species/household spirits named Broonies, similar to Hobgoblins that if you leave out a bowl of milk or cream, will help clean your house during the night, but if your lazy or expect them to due all the work, will prank you and teach you a lesson in responsibility or just leave if they feel not appreciated.
Or the Pixie festival around the Cornwall and Devon area.
Very few people believe in it, same with say Gnomes, Red caps, pixies etc, but their still fun, it's fun to fantasise, it's fun to create stories and fantasy like it would any story for the media or for fun. And for me personally, I like reading up into the the lores and folklores or different people because it's fascinating to see the origins of beliefs and tales.
Like Goldilocks you mentioned, she's actually a more recent addition of the tale (and is supposed to be the actual antagonist), it earlier versions, it was either a fox named Scrapefoot who broke into the bears castle or an Old woman (who in this version the bears aren't a family, just bachelors) who in one versions is impaled on St Paul's Cathedral at the end.
Or Riding Hood and how the Huntsman is a new addition to give the story a happy ending or how Snow White MIGHT have actually been real, with it debated the story of Snow White being based on the real life story of Maria Sophia von Erthal or Margaretha von Waldeck as well as taking ques and ideas from the story of Chione from Ovid's Metamorphoses. You'd be surprised how long complex the evolution of Santa as he is now was (note like how Father Christmas and Santa ARE NOT the same person).
Let people have fun, like Halloween, stories about elves, flying sleighs and magical body shifting abilities (personally always liked it more when Santa is also a "Jolly old elf").
Nah my parents told us they bought the expensive stuff and Santa got us the smaller stuff. They didn't like "Santa" taking credit for shit like a PS1 or N64.
This is 100% what I thought as a kid. Or I also thought maybe they got the more complex toys from the manufacturer at cost.
The other day, I was wondering how many times do the YouTube algorithms ruin Santa for kids.
I never believed in Santa or elves.
However, I was convinced there was some kind of magic or trickery parents could some how tap into and that perhaps Santa was a cover for this. My brothers and reached this conclusion because we would comb the house for gift hiding spots to no avail. Nonetheless in that maybe 4 hour window that we actually slept all gifts would appear. If it was a large play set i.e. the Super Powers Hall of Justice it was fully assembled with decals applied.
However, I was convinced there was some kind of magic or trickery parents could some how tap into and that perhaps Santa was a cover for this. My brothers and reached this conclusion because we would comb the house for gift hiding spots to no avail. Nonetheless in that maybe 4 hour window that we actually slept all gifts would appear. If it was a large play set i.e. the Super Powers Hall of Justice it was fully assembled with decals applied.
Related but I feel like the folklore of Father Christmas is better than the folklore of Santa Claus.
Farther Christmas is a spirit or a magician (some versions say he turns to stone after the Christmas season and becomes alive again for time of the next one) who rides a yule goat and wears long robes and a crown made of Holly wreath on his head who feeds stray animals and goes to the homes of the poor and the sad/depressed to cheer them up with music, food and drink he brings (Pudding, Mince pies, roast beef, plump goose, roast chicken and Ale), dancing and generally being caring and jolly along with his Children Roast Beef/Sir Loin and Plum Pudding.
I think that's a better story to tell and has a more important message about caring for others. Plus if that sound familiar, it's because it's who The Ghost of Christmas Present is based on from a Christmas Carol.
Farther Christmas is a spirit or a magician (some versions say he turns to stone after the Christmas season and becomes alive again for time of the next one) who rides a yule goat and wears long robes and a crown made of Holly wreath on his head who feeds stray animals and goes to the homes of the poor and the sad/depressed to cheer them up with music, food and drink he brings (Pudding, Mince pies, roast beef, plump goose, roast chicken and Ale), dancing and generally being caring and jolly along with his Children Roast Beef/Sir Loin and Plum Pudding.
I think that's a better story to tell and has a more important message about caring for others. Plus if that sound familiar, it's because it's who The Ghost of Christmas Present is based on from a Christmas Carol.
Yes the elves make them in Santa's sweatshop. Santa chains them to their work stations, beats them mercilessly, and only feeds them when and if their quotas are met.