The Christmas Post

[borg_princess]

RL: I received my first Christmas cards! Thanks to hoshinekoyasha and carolune04! (the latter was so unexpected, I was so pleasantly surprised! It's lovely to hear from you again, bb! Hope to see more of you on LJ next year! *hugglesquish*)

Comments

[hoshinekoyasha]

Holy shit I sent that card the 28th of Nov, I cant believe it took 20 days to get there!

[borg_princess]

Christmas mail is weird! I sent a bunch of cards on the same day- a couple have arrived, others haven't. O.o YET. *fingers crossed* But yeah, wow, 20 days! *shakes head*

[hoshinekoyasha]

To the same area? That is weird.
If mail takes 20 days to get to Aussialand I wonder how long it must take to get to central Asia from the PNW? Maybe double that?

[borg_princess]

Okay, my knowledge of American states is pretty hopeless- one was to CA and the other to TN. California and Tennessee? And I sent a package to Philadelphia around the same time as well that hasn't turned up. That was about- yeah, about a fortnight ago. *frets*

I wonder how long it must take to get to central Asia from the PNW? Maybe double that?

If you want to apply logic...but then Australia's at the bottom of the world, I think EVERYTHING in general takes forever to get here. We get everything last. *pouts* Mail, movies, etc.

[mcgarrygirl78]

I believed in Santa when I was very small because I remember asking my father how we would get our gifts from him as we had no chimney. He probably said something that shattered my little itty bitty world, luckily I have repressed it. But I know I didnt believe much after I was about 4 or 5. I would encourage my kids to believe in Santa.....its just fun. It's fantasy and sometimes you can believe without really believing, you know?

It might be Valentine's Day before you get my card at that rate : )

[borg_princess]

Aww! I love that you apply logic to a man who's supposed to be able to deliver presents to every single kid in the world in ONE NIGHT, lol! Surely the lack of a chimney wouldn't stand in his way! :P

But wait, so your father was the one who shattered your beliefs? That's so mean!

It's fantasy and sometimes you can believe without really believing, you know?

Like, the kids know he's not really real but have fun with the tradition anyway? IDGI. 'coz I never believed, so I'm not sure how 'regular' kids view it. Do they have any inkling that it's all a hoax or that it's just something fun to believe in or do they get all into the idea and then get crushed when the truth comes out?

I'm just a Scrooge, a Grinch, I guess!

Lol! That'd be the best Valentine's Day ever, then! *iz bitter dismissive about the concept of Valentine's Day*

[mcgarrygirl78]

I dont look at it as a hoax or a lie, its a tradition. I mean lots of kids get their picture taken with Santa and tell him what they want for Christmas and know they'll get it and maybe Mom and Dad bought it, or Grandma, but Santa fits in there somewhere. When you're a little kid, nothing has to make sense.

Like sticking teeth under the pillow and having money the next day. I never once remember waking up cuz one of my parents lifted my pillow, but lo and behold the next morning, the tooth was gone and I had a shiny new quarter. Kids believe in magic just because they're kids. I mean, not all kids and that's fine, but lots. The world can be a cold, harsh place....a little magic can go a long way.

Check out this Santa story I wrote.....I still believe in the magic

[borg_princess]

When you're a little kid, nothing has to make sense

Lol, yeah, like in your fic, with Penelope being all 'he's a Santa representative, duh!' Even with evidence saying he's not Santa, she still has an explanation, and I suppose regular little kids would think the same way. ('I suppose', lol, like I was never a little kid...but IDK, it's so hard to remember the way I thought about things back then!)

Aww, I never believed in the Tooth Fairy either- and I didn't get money, damn it. I should've pretended, just to con a coin out of my parents. Damn my un-wily younger self!

Meh, Valentine's Day. Just ONE YEAR, I'd like to be in a relationship so I can be all, 'WOOHOO, look at me, I have someone, lookit what they got me!' >_< As it is, I'm just bitter and lonely and...a little sad, 'coz my grandfather used to get us girls roses so that made me feel a bit special. *sighs*

The person who loves you should express it everyday, not try to win brownie points on the 14th of FebruaryThis doesn't bother me so much- I mean, obviously it's up to the

[sunkrux]

Santa does exist. Just not as a flesh & blood human being. It's about the GIFT GIVING not about crushing a kid's hopes and dreams. Life will do enough of that on it's own as they grow up. It gives them something to DREAM ABOUT AND BELIEVE IN when all else around them is harsh

[borg_princess]

I guess I think there's nothing wrong with the kids knowing it's their parents who give them presents?

But I suppose there is something magical when you think there's this jolly dude in a red suit who's miraculously supplying presents to kids all over the world. Hmm. IDK. I think I'd appreciate a gift from my parents just as much if I thought it was from Santa, but I guess I have no basis for comparison, so yeah.

who want to take that away from little kids before they're ready to. It crushes their little souls even more when they're told way before they figure it out

NO. WHO WOULD DO THAT? >:[ Look, I'm not into the concept, but if there are kids who believe, then it's just cruel to burst their bubble. *stabs*

You're welcome! I'm glad it reached you so quickly! Gosh, I should've charted the progress of my cards, some I sent earlier and still haven't arrived...next year, I'll have a graph and everything, lol.

Pretty icon, btw! ^_^

[sunkrux]

That's the beauty of it all. You still get presents from your parents AND you get them from Santa. :D It's not until most kids are much older do they realize on their own (most of them) that Santa is really their parents. But if their parents handle it right, they can still believe in the goodness and kindness that is the spirit of Santa

[muzzy_olorea]

I never believed in Father Christmas or the Tooth Fairy or any of that stuff either!

Ooh "Carol of the Bells"! Will always remind me of Home Alone!

[borg_princess]

*high fives* Yay us! Okay, so people would say that's a part of our childhood that's stolen, but...well...we're practical and all the better for it. Right? Right!

I haven't actually seen that movie...I've seen bits of it, but I always ended up switching to something else...but yay for anything with Carol of the Bells!

*glomps Mentalist for being awesome* I was SO THRILLED they played it! Okay, bit of a buzzkill with the dead Santa, but still...and then Lisbon being all adorable and pouty about the Santa lie, lol! *huggles her*

[borg_princess]

THANK YOU, GOVERNMENT! YOU'RE OKAY IN MY BOOK! ^_^

*throws self about dramatically*

No, not off the building! *pulls you away from the edge* STOP HOGGING THE SPOTLIGHT. God, being enough of a drama queen, are you?! :P

WELL, YOU CAN BELIEVE ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF UUUUUUS!

I don't believe in fairies

>:P

[sunkrux]

You just killed Tinkerbell

I can never speak to you again. First you kill Santa with your nonbelieving ways and now YOU FUCKING KILL TINKERBELL?!

*stomps off*