Comments on: Keep Kids Believing in Santa Claus

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:09:28 +0000

Instead of having to hide all the wrapping paper and bows, my husband and I have told our daughter that Santa quickly wraps all her gifts when he gets here. We leave out all the wrapping paper, bows, tape, etc. on Xmas Eve that we’ve chosen and Santa does the rest! I love the carrot idea above, I think I’m going to use that one this year

By: I Love Santa!

I Love Santa! — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:13:18 +0000

Great suggestions! I love it when parents contribute to the fantasy. Boy do I remember the days when I believed in Santa – they were magical! Hope people post more ideas on this.

By: xdaytonatx

xdaytonatx — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:54:55 +0000

One way to extend belief is this. A couple of days befor Chistmas leave a brush around in the room where your tree is, so the child knows its been sitting there, then on chistmas morn put a bunch of white hair in the brush and some one in the family notice that santa must of brushed his hair befor he left.

By: Sandarah

Sandarah — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:51:48 +0000

Santa seems to leave boot prints on our floor. This works well at our house since we have hard wood, and I suppose it would work on carpet, because you could vacuum when you are done. I take my husbands boots and walk from the wood stove to the christmas tree. Each step I take baby powder and makeup brush and tap the baby powder all around each boot as I take those big steps. It leaves impressions on the floor of the boot. This has been a big hit at our house. Last year an elf was there too, with little green foot prints. I just added green food coloring to the powder and stirred. Merry christmas!

By: Curt

Curt — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:49:08 +0000

My wife always buys a dozen of carrots that still have the leafs. Our kids make sure to put out 9 carrots with tops on them for the reindeer. On Christmas day, the tops of the carrots with the leafs are found all around the front yard. You can see the bite marks even from the reindeer! Sometimes there are even a few hanging from the roof ledge.