Some time ago we talked about the white lies that parents tell our children. A study reveals that every day we tell them at least one, but at Christmas we greatly exceed the quota reaching absurd limits.
The children ask about Santa Claus and the Magi. It is logical. But you don't need to put together a science fiction novel like the one you will read next. This is the dialogue that I heard a few days ago in a toy store between a mother and her girl of about 4 years.
Mom, how do the Magi do to give gifts to all the children in the world in one night? It is impossible.
For the Kings there is nothing impossible. They get on a very fast rocket that can go around the world in one night and from there they throw away all the toys. Each packet falls exactly in the child's home that has to fall.
But they didn't go on camels?
Mmm… well, yes, but they leave them for a little while to do faster.
And where do they leave them?
They leave them in a parking lot and look for them when they finish to return home, says the overwhelmed mother.
In a parking lot? Thats weird!the girl exclaimed as the mother walked away to avoid further questions.
It seems a joke, but it is not. I heard the conversation in amazement, believing that the mother would end there just revealing the truth to her daughter at such insistence. Each time he was more embarrassed. Just as there are thousands of examples, this is not the only extremely fanciful mother I know. There are those who every year are increasing the story that obviously ends in failure.
A month ago Armando shared his doubts about whether it is okay to lie to children about the existence of Santa Claus and the Magi for maintaining the illusion they live on these dates.
I think it is important to preserve the magic of Christmas, children live it with great enthusiasm, but that does not mean that we invent impossible stories that even children can not believe, however naive they may be.
