<p>so, parents, how did your kids find out about the Santa and his realness…</p>
<p>how long did they believe</p>
<p>how did the finally fess up</p>
<p>for me, they figured it was dad on the roof, not santa, and it just didn’t make any sense, all the santa’s in the stores, the funny santa’s in movies, the whole fireplace thing…older sis knew for a couple of years, but went along for little sis, who actually figured it all out, but didn’t want to blow the whole presents thing</p>
<p>Not a parent, but –</p>
<p>When I was 2.5 and my brother was 5, we left cookies out for Santa. In the morning, there was a note from Santa thanking us for the cookies. My brother (already reading for a couple of years at the time) looked at the note and informed me that it was our mom’s handwriting. I was too young to be very attached to the idea of Santa, so it didn’t really upset me, and for the next several years I pretended to believe in Santa, thinking that all kids my age knew the truth and were pretending for the sakes of their parents.</p>
<p>On the believing in Santa thing, there’s a blog called dearelena.■■■■■■■■■■■■■ by a father who lost a child this year. His December 10 entry called “How Mapquest saved Christmas” was a lovely post about keeping kids believing. It’s worth a look. I think it’s ok to reference a blog, right, as long as not posting from it? If I’m mistaken I apologize and will edit the post accordingly.</p>
<p>What? </p>
<p>The real truth is given in another thread…</p>
<p>Lies, lies, lies…</p>
<p>:)</p>