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- From: elonich@cbnewse.cb.att.com (diane.e.pedersen)
- Subject: Re: Why didn't Santa bring me a car?
- Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville IL
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:40:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.204053.21191@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <marita_gonsalves-221292130133@gonsalves.lib.ncsu.edu> <1992Dec24.064803.6003@newstand.syr.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec24.064803.6003@newstand.syr.edu>, kgatling@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Keith E Gatling) writes:
- >
- > Anyway, I had indicated to my parents that I wanted it for Christmas, and
- > they basically told me to forget it. So I figured I'd go a little higher up
- > the food chain and ask Santa for it. It was after I asked Santa for it that
- > my mother explained a very basic fact to me that I hadn't considered, and
- > that you might be wise to explain to your kid...Santa will not bring toys
- > that the parents veto. He may be able to get more stuff than your parents,
- > but he won't overrule them.
- >
- > So if one of her other little friends gets this same car, the answer is very
- > simple...her parents didn't veto it.
- >
-
- We've successfully used this technique, though the kid got kinda ticked
- at us for veto-ing certain items. Basically, we said Santa didn't
- bring weapons or toys that were dangerous to the baby (Keith has
- wanted Micro Machines the past two years). I almost made more trouble
- for myself when I found out he's been asking Santa for a kitten
- (we already have 2 cats), and I said that Santa hadn't checked with
- me about it, and he wanted to know all about how Santa checks with
- parents.
- --
- Diane Pedersen
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Naperville, Illinois
- att!ihlpe!elonich
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