Did hear about the dad who had it up to here with his bratty kids the day before Christmas? He apparently lost it, cancelled the family’s Christmas, and to drive home his point, went outside with his rifle and shot Santa Claus.
I guess his use of the Santa threat wasn’t as successful as mine, so he took matters into his own hands.
“Dad Pushed to the Edge By Warring Kids, Grabs Gun and Shoots Santa!” Now there’s a headline you don’t see everyday.
It’s the stuff urban legends are made of, only this isn’t a legend; rather it’s part of a Canadian newspaper article that I received from a friend who read my “Santa Threat Worked Like a Charm” blog.
If you frequently use threats as a means to discipline your children, then you can sympathize with the dad who resorted to killing Santa on Christmas Eve.
The story, which ran in the Toronto Star last week, illustrates the importance of following through on threats you make to your children.
When readers were asked by the paper to submit stories of times when their parents threatened to cancel Christmas, editors were deluged by some real doozies.
At the top of the list was a submission by a guy whose parents were fed up with their kids’ nastiness. After threats to cancel Christmas went unheeded, the reader’s father grabbed his .22 rifle, walked out of the house, shot the gun in the air twice, then returned to tell his rowdy kids that he killed Santa.
I almost died laughing after reading the story. I wonder what that says about me?
Personally, I find the story to be completely relatable. And I know I’m not alone. I happen to know dozens of parents who have resorted to making idle threats during the Christmas season? They’ve all uttered the words: “That’s IT, I’m canceling Christmas!” when driven to the point of no return by belligerent children.
The dad in Canada just did what most of us don’t. He followed through on his threat.
How many times have you threatened to cancel Christmas?
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