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Fatherhood: Don’t let an over-generous Santa spoil another child’s Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2014November 26, 2016 by Henry Elliss

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a light-hearted post about whether or not Santa was taking unfair credit from parents. The post was well-received and generated a fair bit of discussion on Facebook. As a result of that post, several friends have alerted me to a couple of Facebook posts on a similar topic,…

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Fatherhood²: The Santa Delusion, aka Keeping the Dream Alive

Posted on December 17, 2013January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With the major disruption and stress of our house move now behind us, the Christmas spirit has well and truly arrived in the Elliss household. The Christmas tree is up and decorated, the tinsel is hung and the wreath has yet to be stolen from our front door. We’ve even had multiple viewings of the…

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Fatherhood²: I Want to Believe, I WANT to Believe…

Posted on December 18, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I should probably start this post with a disclaimer – a sort of “Spoiler Alert” for those of a sensitive disposition: If you have somehow stumbled upon this blog post and you are under the age of 10, please don’t read any further. It’s for your own good, trust me. (You might laugh, but I…

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