(September 8, 2015 at 8:53 pm)Alex K Wrote: I'm still not quite sure how we'll handle that, I know the intended outcome, but not how to get there...
Ok so first of all in our culture Santa Claus (St. Niklas or whatever you call him) does not play a major role - he's demoted to bringing small warmup gifts on Dec 6. On Christmas eve, the Christkindl brings the gifts, so the more important question for me will be, does the Christkindl bring the presents or not? I think when I was a kid we had that narrative, or should I say "Sprachregelung", but it was so tongue-in-cheek that there was never a point where there had to be a big reveal. It was just something we'd say as a fun game, kind of to keep the Christmas spirit going. This is how it's going to be with our kids. It's just a bummer that they take so long to understand sarcasm. I'm counting the days for that
Don't worry, when she understands sarcasm, you may feel differently about that, as she may use it frequently.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
