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Santa Claus is one of those delightful characters who come around Christmas to distribute gifts to children on Christmas Eve. He is still someone who is remembered with great fondness by men and women. In this day and age, children seemed more clued in and aware Santa Claus is a delightful legends. But perhaps the delightful romance and wonder of thinking Santa comes to each child’s home bearing gifts os quite there among slightly older kids. But the idea of Santa still ensures.
There is a tradition in the UK that Santa
Claus will come down the chimney on Christmas night with gifts. I remember
vividly my late dad telling me and my siblings to be ready near the chimney
above the fireplace in our house in Leicester, England just before midnight. So
we all would gather near the fireplace at midnight and obviously, Santa Claus
came down the chimney and placed our presents around the Christmas tree. It was
an unforgettable experience and we all would eagerly wait near the fireplace
every Christmas night and our super Santa Claus would never disappoint us. We
followed that tradition with our children and it’s always been the best bit of
Christmas opening the presents around the fireplace and snow in the background.
The idea of Santa Claus will never die as we share the joys of presents we
received from him on Christmas day.
– Marius Fernandes
I still remember as a 6-year-old girl my Papa telling me about
the story of Santa Claus. I truly believed that he existed and is the one who
gives gifts to many kids including me.
It is true that technology has brought many changes in our
lives. But even today I tell my two-year-old niece about this Santa Claus story
and give her gifts because receiving gifts can never go out of fashion. Even we
as adults love to give each other gifts in the form of Secret Santa.”
– Professor, Disha
Mashelkar
I always believed in Santa from a very young age. I remember
getting up on Christmas morning and running downstairs overly excited in hope
that Santa has left me the perfect gift under the tree and filled my stocking.
My grandpa used to always tell me out how he would visit in all the good
children and stories of Lapland but by the time I was 11 that bubble had burst!
The kids these days barely believe in anything due to easy access to the net
and too much screen time. What is wonderful it so sees Christmas movies
adapting to this and making Santa Claus easier to believe in by giving him hit
tech sleigh and gadgets. As parents, we have to get more inventive with our
stories and let Santa live on. But what is more important is that the Christmas
spirit lives on!
– Gigi Martin
When we hear the word Santa Claus, the first thing that comes to
everyone’s mind is a jolly old bearded man, with a red robe and hat. It is
believed that Santa comes to every household on the eve of Christmas and gives
the gift to kids that have been good all year. I remember when I was a kid, my
mother would warn me by telling me I would be on Santa’s “Naughty List”, for
every time I threw a tantrum. But today’s kids are way advanced since they’re
exposed to so much technology that gets their curious minds to explore their
doubts and curiosities. As a grown-up, I’ve realised that Santa Claus is an
excellent metaphor that represents good tidings, offers lessons of generosity,
caring for others, and the joys of giving and receiving. All of which represent
the true meaning of a Merry Christmas.
– Minosha Coutinho
As young innocent children, we tend to believe Santa Claus
stories and keep a huge sock under the pillow with a note of toys and chocolates
and hoping for a lot of gifts.
When I was in playschool, my parents told me what Christmas is
all about and I was so excited to receive my first gift from an old,
white-bearded and all in red Santa Claus. The day I realised that Santa Claus
is nothing but an imaginary man-made by Americans just to lighten up the
occasion. And the gifts I received till then were all from my parents. And
eventually, modern technology influenced this myth more. According to my,
Christmas is now a day associated more with Santa Claus rather than sharing the
happiness of the birth of Lord Jesus. And became a blessing for all –Rishina Gupte
The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years
to a monk named St. Nicholas. Who had surprised a poor family by giving them
gifts? Since then our parents also surprise us by giving gifts to us on
Christmas and say they are from Santa Claus. Small children believe this very
easily. I have seen my younger cousin’s sister getting excited about Santa Claus.
Even in this time when technology and everything is so much changed. But small
children still believe in Santa and Santa’s gifts.
– Adrian Fernandes,
Student
As a child growing up in the 80s in Bombay, the only 2 places
you got to meet Santa was at the President Hotel or the Akbarally”s store and I
just loved it. The child in me would love to believe that Santa is real, so
even as an adult went to the Santa Village in Lapland, in Finland, and
thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Kids today have too much exposure to too many things that I feel
make them grow up a lot faster, hence maybe they stop believing in Santa a lot
earlier. Their loss I say
– Nupura Hautamaki Online Marketer