I don't watch the show- I only really look at youtube videos of the good stuff- rather than watch the whole show. Which is late at night and I'm too tired to stay up.
Any who, I like his skits and I like the "Hey Jimmy Kimmel I did something that you told me to do and posted it on youtube" compilations. Like- tell your kids you ate all their candy. Or give your kids a terrible Christmas present. The reactions are hilarious.
Now- I'm wondering if the kids will be traumatized for life- I was reading another blog about Christmas traditions and I was amazed at how, for some reason, Christmas is always internalized and critical. Like- do you tell your kids about Santa? If you do, it's because you either had a magical childhood, or you had a traumatic childhood and you want to make sure that doesn't happen for you. If you don't, it's probably because you were disillusioned as a child and you now don't want your kids to feel like that.
I think I'll keep the Santa myth alive when I have kids. I also think that I'll enforce a 1 gift from each person for my kids- no need to go broke. Kids don't need 1000 presents, they only need a few memorable ones.
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