My daughter is 7 years old and just asked me if he exists. She really truely believed, until kids at school said he didn't exist. She still really seems to want to believe, so I feel bad, and haven't yet told her. How did you break it to your kids?
2006-12-06 17:26:40 · 15 answers · asked by MRod 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
At seven, she's still young enough to believe if she wants to.
Read her Virginia's letter:
"Dear Editor--I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun, it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
115 West Ninety-fifth Street
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. "
If she asks again next year, it's time to tell her the truth, though. But she will always remember that.
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-06 17:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At that age, I'd let her believe if she wants to. She will learn the truth all too soon.
Our kids lose their innocence so much faster than we did :(
I'm 32 and I still believe in the idea of Santa. I've noticed that random acts of charity and kindness happen more often in December than any other month. If we want to call that spirit Santa, so be it!
Happy holidays to all.... Ho Ho Ho.
2006-12-06 22:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i in my opinion do no longer have fun Christmas or tell my teenagers approximately Santa, in spite of the incontrovertible fact that it style of feels to me that if she's sufficiently previous to question it, then she's sufficiently previous to comprehend the actuality. in case you attempt to perpetuate it now you're basically going to earn her doubt and mistrust. and he or she would be able to could comprehend the actuality sometime, so do you elect her remembering the way you lied to her even while she tried to ascertain the actuality? no longer a stable foundation for a ascertain/baby courting. as a substitute, take a seat her down and clarify the actuality and confirm which you do tell her why the belief of Santa became into significant to you and your loved ones. I wager she'll arise with some super new traditions to maintain the "magic" you communicate of. that's a turning ingredient on your loved ones. do no longer seem at it as a loss, yet as a transformation.
2016-10-04 23:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is the way my mom broke it to me an we broke the news to all my nieces an nephews. Santa is in everyone Santa clause is a person in a red suite that spreads cheer just like a mascot for a team. he can lift up your hopes when u are down. then she brakes down the Christan reason of Christmas an the giving of gifts. but because she doesn't have pounds of gold around she buys us toys
2006-12-06 18:31:21 · answer #4 · answered by rodeogirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I give the credit to myself and my hubby, we are the ones who work hard all year long and I will not have my kids believing in Santa its cute don't get me wrong, but its not how we do things.
2006-12-07 01:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my son is 8 and i told him that as long as he believes in santa then he will exist.
2006-12-06 19:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by mcbalt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tell her santa is something you believe in inside.
shes only 7. kids at school can be jerks.
dont make her grow up faster than she has to.
ask her what SHE thinks. and then if she says she does believe in him, say your right. he is something you believe in in your heart.
sounds cheesy i know but i used that on a kid i babysat for, and worked like a charm.
2006-12-06 17:57:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
At this age, i'd just go ahead and tell her that he does... and just say that the kid at school that told her other wise must have been upset for getting a lump of coal last year!
2006-12-06 17:28:33 · answer #8 · answered by Trisha 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You could tell them that it is a figment of the Easter bunnies imagination, and let them believe that the easter bunny did it, plus, gets rid of easter buny. Perfect xx3
2006-12-06 19:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by xx.Nica.xx 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of cause he exists no matter how old you get there is always Santa Claus
2006-12-06 17:36:12 · answer #10 · answered by John B 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋