2006-10-20 12:03:21 · 50 answers · asked by Darrin S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
you mean they are not real you are kidding me i saw Santa last year & have seen him on dvd, time is the answer we are all individuals & make our own minds up to what we want to belive
2006-10-20 12:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by quasar 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When my kids asked me if Santa was real, I tell them that "Santa is the spirit of Christmas" And he has many helpers. Including me! There is a wonderful book I read not too long ago called "Reflections of a small town Santa" A true story about Santa Claus. by Bob Litak.
It's a wonderful story of how this man was Santa for 12 years. And how he dealt with his children. It's a wonderful story.
There are other books and stories and if I Had more time I would hunt for them for you but anyhow how ever you deal with your child is up to you! But I think kids should have a little magic in their hearts and have something to hold on to.
As far as the tooth fairy is concerned I have never admitted she doesn't exist either, she often forgets to leave the money under a pillow and I have to give it to the kid myself, luckily we are done with those years...I hope! My youngest is 12 going on 13, I am pretty sure he is pretty smart and knows way more then he lets on. Have fun with your kids they are only young once!
2006-10-21 11:46:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 31 and I have no doubt in my heart that Santa is alive and well, so I would say it is still OK. Many others have rightly pointed out that your son will likely find out "the truth" from his classmates, but that doesn't mean you have to make that a bad thing: Santa may not be a fat guy in a red suit, but he is still very real.
I was probably 10 when I confirmed that my parents had been handling the Santa duties, but to their credit, my parents did not let me stop believing. Santa is the spirit that invests within us believers each Christmas, so my parents brought me into the act, so to speak, to keep Santa alive for my younger sister: I helped fill stockings, eat cookies, leave notes, etc. I enjoyed it and enjoyed being part of something that made my sister so very happy.
Now that I have a six year old, my belief in Santa is all the more, and I am glad that my parents never out and out told me that "there was no Santa." It allows me to be a better Santa for my boy.
In the end, as many others have noted, we only get to be kids for a short span of time, so as parents we need to let children have that time as best we can. In doing so, we can recapture a bit of our own childhoods.
An early Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night...
2006-10-24 07:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by PosseComitatus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why that is a problem. I know many intelligent people who still believe in Santa and for most he's more of a spirit or essence than an actual person. But they still believe in Santa even as adults.
Most 12 yr olds are way past the need of the Tooth Fairy. But if he chooses to believe, why hinder him?
The reason adults are so cynical and society in general is the way it is stems from the fact that kids are told day in and day out that everything is their imagination and their imagination is lying to them.
That kind of thing has been going on for centuries. Everything that is a myth as we know it today as origins in reality. At one point in time, those things were real and did show themselves to humans. There are way too many stories in various areas of the world that are similar to be coincidence or simply someone's imagination put on paper, especially when writing stories down on paper was just not done. Then people were told these beings were evil and imaginary so people quit believing and became cynical. The creatures went into hiding and only showed themselves to innocent children who still had open minds and weren't yet corrupted by the beliefs of adults and those of any age who were still willing to believe.
2006-10-20 13:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, you might want to tell him about the tooth fairy. I'm 12 and I wish I still didn't know that Santa didn't exist. It's nice for a kid to believe in a little Christmas magic.
When I was 8, my mom told me there was no Easter Bunny the day before Easter and I was seriously crushed. My friend who was like 12 or 13 or something that I've known since I was 3 came to visit and his family and his friend were staying over at our house. I didn't want him to know I was crying. Right after my mom told me and I was crying and I was trying to stop because the door was open, but I couldn't. Then my dad walked in and said "What's wrong?" and between sobs I was like "Mommy said there's no Easter Bunny," and he was like "Why did you tell her that the day before Easter?" Yeah. That was seriously a traumatic experience lol. I was so upset at the time. It didn't take me long to figure out that if the Easter Bunny didn't exist, neither did the Tooth Fairy or Santa. I asked if they didn't exist either and they were like "no." I really was devastated.
Just don't do anything like that to your son. ♥
2006-10-22 18:58:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if he doesn't know the truth, you should let him know that you were the Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Maybe he does know and want to believe that they are real.
2006-10-20 18:35:41 · answer #6 · answered by Iamamom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still believe in Santa Claus, although I know he isn't real. That was one of the hardest things I've ever said. Sheeze.
Is it bad for him still to believe in fairy tales? I dont think so, but I know kids can be cruel if he says he still believes in Santa and the Tooth Fairy.
2006-10-20 14:58:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Santa is really Ernie the Giant Chicken from Family Guy he does like to touch Peter alot with his fist. The Tooth Fairy is Fred Durst because he was fired from Burger King and he needed the money!
2016-05-22 06:05:51 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is 11 (will turn 12 four days after Christmas). She has asked me a couple times if Santa is real, so I know that she is getting to the age of 'not believing'. Other kids have told her that Santa is not real. I ask her if she believes he is real, and so far the answer has been "yes". It doesn't bother me that she still believes, actually it makes me kind of sad to know that she won't believe much longer.
** I think in a world where kids not much older than my daughter take guns to school and kill people, it's not a bad thing to believe in Santa and magic as long as possible.**
2006-10-20 16:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by awanderingelf 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, its not. You might want to tell your son the truth. I've known for like from 14 to 16 years old that my parents actually did plan the whole thing up. And until last year, I have realized that they haven't tell me the truth but I didn't even tell them what I saw with my own eyes. I was playing my family the whole time for couple of years. Do you want your son to believe or maybe he will start fooling you once he find out.
One Christmas night, my area snowed for like five minutes. It was strange because on Dec 1, I was thinking "if there is a Santa, then I want to see a snow on Christmas Eve." Ironically it did and my area don't have that kind of weather for like many years. It is said that Santa is a spirit of Christmas among us.
Your son in fact is normal and there's nothing wrong with that. Just get prepared for truth time if he got into a fight about Santa or something like that.
He might ask Santa some expensive things. I've asked for high tech telescope, and I actually got one on Christmas. I know its expensive and my parents actually paid for $2,500 telescope. That's funny. In fact it was mean for them not to tell me.
Trust me you will tell your son the truth. The truth shall set you free.
2006-10-20 12:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The saddest day of my life is when my children stopped believing in Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, etc.
The fun, mystery & magicalness of it all vanished.
I would let him believe as long as he possibly can and when he stops believing, tell him that Santa, etc is not really a person, it's a feeling that you have in your heart.
My children are 21 & 25 and to this day they have never told me that they don't believe in Santa. They play right along with it knowing it brings me joy. To be honest, they love the feeling of "believing" too.
2006-10-20 15:37:31 · answer #11 · answered by Riviera_ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋