Question regarding Easter Bunny, Santa, etc....

[hydster]

We told our 2 older kids about Santa and the others when they turned 12. Both of them were still in Elementary school until after then so it was "ok". I get so tired of the stupid Easter Bunny that we told all 3 kids that wasn't real 2 years ago.

Funny story...My bro and sil took their kids to Cancun for Christmas 3 years in a row. After the 1st year they confessed to my nephew that the Tooth Fairy was just them. After the 2nd year they confessed that the Easter Bunny was them. After the 3rd year they finally decided to tell him about Santa. His reaction was classic

Oh great dad sure.....now you want me to believe that God and Jesus are real?? And my bro was like yes they are real and my nephew called him a liar! He still doesn't believe in them and gives my brother a hard time when he is supposed to say the prayer!

 

[minnieandme]

I picked other because at his age, I'm sure he already knows and letting you think he still believes.

 

[Belle1997]

Well I do not know when I really thought the easter bunny was not real. Though I remember in grade 5 we were staying after school for something. And heard a loud noise. A teacher said I am not sure but I think the easter bunny had been there. There were large muddy bunny prints on the floor. And we all looked out the window to see if we could see him. That memory has stuck with me all my life.
And I think I believed in the Easter bunny even longer because of that. Well into my teens. Guess I was kinda slow. But whoever did the bunny prints was so good. It was a dreary day. And leaving a few easter eggs on the ground.There was not one kid I was with saying there is no Easter Bunny everyone was looking for him.

Now about Santa Claus. Well I remember too walking to school one day thinking to myself. I still believe in Santa Claus. I must have been 12. Others said he did not exist. Well I knew my parents bought presents but I never found all of them. So I thought they bought them but Santa always brought me one special gift.
I never told others that I believed in Santa so I was never picked on

I still love Christmas message and guess secretly in my heart I believe there is a Santa out there somewhere, not delivering to all boys and girls over the world but delivering to many. I guess at Christmas most of us are Santa since many will give a gift to a child who may not get one at Christmas.

So I know there is no Santa or Easter bunny but no one told me. I am glad no one did. Because for brief moments I can think back to when I thought they were real. And have no memory of someone telling me the "truth". When your child wants to know the truth they will. Why take away the small pleasure of childhood which we all loved.
But I would say it is not good to talk about the Easter bunny or Santa. Kinda like you don't ask adults there age LOL
If the kids do not believe in the Easter Bunny that is their choice and if you choice to believe that is your choice. No point trying to proove each other wrong.

 

[KrnB]

Oh great dad sure.....now you want me to believe that God and Jesus are real?? And my bro was like yes they are real and my nephew called him a liar! He still doesn't believe in them and gives my brother a hard time when he is supposed to say the prayer!

Doh! That's a tough one to wiggle out of. Kind of hard to explain how somethings we believe but cannot see are real, and yet others that we are so sure are real as children are not - at least not in the form that we believe them to be, anyway.

 

[tiggerlover]

Thank you all for your replies, I really appreciate them. However, I am still conflicted. I brought this up at work today and we discussed it in depth and most everyone at work was of the mind set that I should use this as an opportunity to tell him. They said instead of having my friend come in with a basket and eggs, do nothing, (but do give him something at WDW from us) and then when he sees that the Easter bunny didn't come, let him open a dialog about it. So I still don't know what to do as part of me wants to do one thing and the other part wants to do the other.

 

[LadyZolt]

I know I'm in a tiny minority (and I'm not judging or saying anything negative about people who tell their kids about Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.) but I never told my kids that Santa was coming or the Easter Bunny, etc. Instead of leaving cookies for Santa, we shared a birthday cake for Jesus. I hid Easter eggs and they found them -- they knew it was me hiding them all along. I did read them stories like "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and lots of other fun stuff -- did watch Rudolph, etc., but I didn't act like I thought these characters were "real." I treated them the same way I treated Clifford the Big Red Dog (not an actual dog), Curious George (not an actual monkey), etc. Fun, but not like I thought they were real and coming to our house (the way, say, Grandma or Aunt Denise come to our house). For me, this made the most sense. So I always vote for telling them what you believe, truthfully, from the earliest age. I do believe in God, for example, and He cannot be seen, but I act like He's real because He is real to me. I couldn't pretend to believe something was real if I didn't really believe it.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[mom2taylorandemily]

You mean that they aren't real?


Most kids figure it out when they can handle the information anyway so why blow it for them.