[Lady Sidhe]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

I see no reason to encourage adults, much less children, in such things as the fiscally driven holidays.

The tooth fairy is a self-solving problem, hopefully.

Imaginary friends are inexpensive and can last a lifetime if really necessary.

I'm going to do my best to discourage Little Sidhe from non-secular holidays for the same reason I'm going to discourage her from religion in the first place. I'm also going to discourage her from any secular holidays unless they are for people or ideas that are sound.

Lady Sidhe will of course vehemently oppose such a Scroogian attitude.

Yup, you're right.

TS hates the holidays. Too much traffic, and everything's closed. Massive inconvenience. I can understand not liking the BS that goes along with the holidays, but the holidays themselves can be fun, especially if you have a child to vicariously enjoy them through.

As to religion, I think that the fact that I'm Pagan and TS is Agnostic will be good for her. It'll give her a good questioning attitude. I intend to raise her pagan, with all our groovy holidays, though.

And I wasn't feeling attacked...I can completely understand telling your kids the truth if they ask. But if they don't ask, why take the fun away? When my daughter asks if they're real, I'll explain to her where they come from. I won't lie to her. But I'm going to let her anticipate and have fun for as long as I can.

Bah, humbug n' stuff--

Sidhe