That guy on the stick

So since Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa and all those celebrations are coming up, we've been talking a lot at school about what we believe. Plus, two of my kids say Santa doesn't exist, and then I have that to deal with too. Tough. In my classroom, I'm sticking with my story:

• everybody believes what they want
• I believe in Santa and the magic of Christmas
  
• at my home I celebrate in a different way than pretty much everybody, but we all have similarities in what/how/why we celebrate

Anyway, the funny part of this story is that my kids have been coming up to me all week with things like "Happy Hanukkah... I celebrate Christmas but it's Hanukkah too!" and "my brother says Santa doesn't exist but how can he not if he wrote us letters" and so on. Then just as we're about to head out the door at the end of the day, one of my students says "Miss Fraser, you know that guy that's stuck up on that big stick with the long hair? I believe in that guy." Huh.