What Would You Do?

[KristinBelle]

I would tell her the truth.

I found out a real crappy way. I was in 2nd grade and the kids were saying there was no Santa, I was arguing with them telling them there was, the teacher stepped and told me I should talk to my parents about it. I went home and asked my mom, she told me "What do you think" I said I believed. She told me there was a Santa. At school we made these snow globes & I decided to give mine to Santa, Christmas morning it was gone and I was convinced Santa took it. About a week later I was looking in a drawer for something and I found the snow globe, I was devastated.

I know now my mom's heart was in the right place, but I think it would've been so much better if my mom had just told me herself when I asked.

 

[Piglet]

When the issue came up with my DD - during a sleepover and in front of a bunch of friends that some still believed and some didn't - I just told them that some people believe in Santa and because they believe that they get presents from Santa and those that don't believe they just get gifts from their parents.

In our house Santa brings one big gift, not wrapped and already put together to play with and we give the rest.

Melinda

 

[angwill]

When my son was younger we always addressed his gifts from mom and dad and picked one or two that came from Santa. When he came to me to say his friend told him Santa wasn't real I told him it sounded like he had a choice to make. He could choose to believe and continue getting a gift from Santa or he could choose not to believe and all his gifts will be from mom and dad. He never brought it up again but he still talks about Santa coming with a smile on his face because he now sees it for the fun idea it is. He is 14 and still gets a special gift from Santa. To be honest I don't think he has ever looked at the labels on the gifts to see who they were from anyway since he was in too much of a hurry to see what was inside. lol

HTH

 

[sbell111]

Santa's not real?

 

[Piglet]

Santa's not real?

He is if you believe!!!!!

 

[RitaE]

Forget Santa.

That turtle thing gave me nightmares for months.

 

[Angelhalo]

OP, I read Superfudge like 20 times when I was young. I loved that book, and I believed in Santa until I was like 10 or 11 (and I was a rational girl). I had no reason to believe otherwise as it was a big exciting thing in my family. Santa was just not something that my friends discussed and my parents really enjoyed our excitement over it so they didn't tell us otherwise. I'm soooo glad my parents didn't pick an age where they felt it was time to tell us the truth. I would have lost all of those wonderful magical years of believing. I probably would have kept right on believing if I hadn't walked in on my mom putting gifts under the tree one year. Anyhoo, my point was that Superfudge didn't disuade my belief in Santa

 

[ADisneyQueen]

I know my older dd didn't believe in 3rd grade, but my dd8 in 3rd grade still does. I know she's not just pretending b/c yesterday she asked if dollar tree was selling the big stockings. When I asked her why she reminded me that she decorates one every year for Santa. I hope the other kids don't ruin it for her since this will probably be her last year of Santa and we are going to wdw for Christmas.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

What are you people trying to imply? Are you saying that Santa is just a myth? Or are you just upset because some cynics refuse to believe in him?