A Santa for These Economic Times: New book, "The Santa Story Revisited,"
Inspires Parents to Tell an "Expanded" Santa Story
Both memoir and how-to book, "The Santa Story Revisited" gives a clear and simple
solution to the perennial dilemma of parents who wish to protect their child’s innocence.
Trahan's "expanded" Santa story offers a playful perspective that allows us to play Santa
with our children rather than just for them, while encouraging anonymous giving and
acts of kindness.
(1888PressRelease) October 22, 2009 - "The Santa Story Revisited: How to Give Your
Children a Santa They Will Never Outgrow" offers an expanded Santa, with all of the
magic and none of the pretense. In the book, which is both memoir and how-to, author
Arita Trahan presents Santa as a game—a timeless game that everyone is already playing.
Arita’s expanded Santa is also the hero of anonymous giving. This is a Santa we can
emulate as well as enjoy. Children are invited to play both roles—giving secretly as Santa
as well receiving from Santa. This perspective segues the child into appreciating both
sides of the Santa experience and eliminates any expiration date on their enjoyment.
This is a Santa experience that works for everyone. Parents continue being anonymous
givers; children learn to play Santa by secretly giving gifts and acts of kindness to family
and community—adding to the gifting concept of the season. Generosity becomes more
of a game than an obligation as children experience the joy that’s inherent in giving
without conditions.
Arita says, “I suspect that the reason parents get so invested in playing Santa is that
giving anonymously (without getting any credit) is the closest demonstration we have to
unconditional love. It is deeply satisfying and lots of fun. We want our children to keep
‘believing’ so we can keep playing. The good news is that by simply including our
children in the game, it never has to end.”
A companion song, "I'm Being Santa" celebrates the pay-it-forward nature of anonymous
giving that Trahan presents in her book. A music video of the song is on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbh45srDylc.
Here’s what "The Santa Story Revisited" does:
• It acknowledges Santa as the hero of anonymous giving and a mentor for acts of
generosity.
• It presents a Santa that does not have a shelf-life, without the need for any awkward
adjustments.
• It liberates all of us to celebrate Santa without the limitations that reality can impinge on
our hero.
• It invites adults to participate in the expanded playfulness of the new Santa experience.
• It empowers parents as storytellers to inform and inspire their children.
• It assures parents that any other idea of Santa may co-exist alongside this expanded

version.
• It helps parents guide their children through any challenging segue from the believing-
in stage.
• It assists adults in valuing the Santa experience they had as children, no matter what it
was.
• It presents the parent/child experience of Santa as an archetype and an important rite of
passage.
• It creates a model for celebrating Santa that is less like a religion of believing and more
like a game for playing.
• It encourages parents to freely create and recreate new family traditions for themselves.
WHO ARE THE AUTHORS?
Arita Trahan is mother/grandmother, actress, acting coach, and personal communication
coach. She lives in Los Angeles.
Norma Eckroate has coauthored numerous books for humans and animals and has also
worked extensively in television and theatre. She is a licensed practitioner at the Agape
International Spiritual Center and has a Masters in Metaphysical Sciences.
http://www.TheSantaStory.com
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