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How to explain Christmas to your Jewish kid

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It seems fundamentally wrong to say that something's real with the intention of, later down the road, revealing it was all just one big, fat, jolly lie.

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I want to be a guest at my own Christmas celebration

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We never told our kids Santa was coming down the chimney because he wasn't. Every family needs to decide how to tell kids about Santa.

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Imagine all your hard work keeping the magic alive being destroyed by family movie night! Here are some Christmas movies that could do just that.

10 Christmas movies that spoil the Santa surprise for kids

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