2006-12-07 05:16:35 · 66 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
You don't. Eventually, some other kid will spoil the dream and your child will come to you asking the dreaded question all parents wish to avoid. Then you whisk out the famous Virginia's "Is there a Santa Claus" Letter to the Editor and read it to them.
http://www.newseum.org/yesvirginia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus
Then you tell then there will always be a Santa Claus wherever your family is living and reassure them the spirit of Christmas is an every day event not just in December.
2006-12-07 05:26:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They will come to the realization on their own. What my Mom did, and what I have done with my children, is to transform the SANTA figure into a symbol of giving - so every SANTA (or Santa's helper, as my Mom called all the Department Store Santas) reminds us that giving to others is a good thing. So, confirm their suspicions, but give the broader vision, that Santa is no particular person, but is very real. I perpetuate Santa every year by wrapping small gifts in paper different from all the others - usually with Santa on the paper - and having friends write the gift tags, so the writing is unrecognizable to my family. Now my teenagers look forward to their gifts from Santa . . . and they are still guessing how his gifts appear even though their parents go to sleep earlier than they do, and get up after they do on Christmas morning. . .
2006-12-07 05:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by ladyfyrdrake 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your children will tell you when they don't believe. My eldest daughter is nearly 12 and although I know she does not believe, she won't actually come straight out and say it! My other daughter of 9, I think she still believes, but once again it's good to hedge your bets just incase Santa does not arrive!! Because once you don't believe Santa does not bring you things and that's why adults don't receive anything from Santa, that's what I tell my children. It's the same with the tooth fairy!
2006-12-07 06:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by willsy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't
My little girl is 24 and would be devastated to find out that Santa does not exist
Me, I'm 54 and I would be devastated.
Of course Santa is as real as you and me don't shatter any illusions, life will do that all too soon
Have a great Christmas and remember Santa won't visit if you are not asleep on Christmas Eve
2006-12-07 05:26:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I told my oldest after her 7th X-mas when she accidently found the letter she wrote to santa. I had saved it to show her when she was older and of course, she went snooping through my things. My youngest just turned 5 and I was thinking that I'll just let it go on til she is at least 9 or 10, if she hasn't figured it out by then. The reason I say that age is because that's when kids start to get mean at school and I don't want her to get teased because she still believes in santa, lol.
2006-12-07 05:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by April L 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean there's no Santa? Of course there is a Santa Claus. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children and the spirit of Christmas.
2006-12-07 05:17:47 · answer #6 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not fair to spoil children's illusions
I still haven't told my three and they are are 31, 29 & 17. I assume they worked it out at some point but didn't want to disillusion me.
i'd worked he didn't exist at about 8 but i continued going to see him in his grotto until I was 11. i also remember boxing the ears of the boy next door because he'd told his four year old sister there was no Santa. i did manage to convince her otherwise and that he was just trying to frighten her.
I do think Renate should get the best answer.
2006-12-07 05:52:27 · answer #7 · answered by leekier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids are 20, 15 & 14.....I have never told them there isn't a Santa.....and Santa still comes for them as long as they believe.
2006-12-07 05:29:38 · answer #8 · answered by Cheryl H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't, just let them figure it out....I also don't plan to make a big deal about Santa to begin with for my son.....this way when he finds out there is no Santa, he won't be disappointed. I plan to relay the true meaning of Christmas....no ban on Santa, just no plans to overdue the "Santa" idea..... I guess the point here is, it all depends on what you teach your children and how crushed they will be when they find out there is no Santa.......
2006-12-07 05:20:03 · answer #9 · answered by favrd1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was told in fourth grade, and I think that it was the appropriate time. I was starting to have my doubts anyway, and at school there were the kids that never beleived in santa that told everyone else, so I am glad I knew before fifth grade, because it would make me feel bad to be proven wrong when everyone else knew that santa wasn't real.
2006-12-07 05:19:18 · answer #10 · answered by sly_dog2012 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋