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So, my 7-year-old nephew has been picking up bits and pieces about the Middle East from random YouTube videos, and he’s been asking questions about “the conflict.” I wanted to set the record straight in a way that a kid could understand, so I decided to use Santa as a teaching moment.
I told him that last Christmas, Santa flew too close to Gaza, and the “bad guys” there (I didn’t use the word Palestinians, but it was implied) didn’t like his message of peace and generosity. They shot him down because they “don’t believe in the magic of Christmas.” I explained that Israel has to defend itself against people like that.
She’s banned me from any further holiday gatherings and says I need to “stay far away from impressionable minds.” But honestly, I think it’s important to teach kids the truth about the world