If your child asks " Is Santa real?" How do you answer?

Question

your child is 6-9 yrs old

Answer 1

question them by saying... if he isnt who puts the items in the stocking, and who puts the presents under the tree and who drinks the milk and cookies

Answer 2

That is about the time that other kids in school stop believing in Santa and it is a good idea once they start questioning it that they be told the truth. My son is 3 and he really got into Santa this year. I have an 8 year-old niece that still believes. I was 9 when I started getting teased in school for still believing in Santa, so, I would just tell them that no, he isn't real, but he is based off of a real person. Tell them the story of Kris Kringle.

Answer 3

I always said do you believe he is real and she would say yes and I would say thats all that matters is that you believe Santa is real. The funny thing now is she is 8 and for the past two years she says all the through the year Santa isn't real and finally I said he wasn't and she was ok with it till a few days before christmas she said if I don't believe in Santa I get less presents so now I believe in him. So during christmas she believes in him anyway.

Answer 4

I answer "Some people don't believe in Santa. Just like some people don't believe in God. Personally, I do believe in Santa" (they already know where I stand on God) Then I remind them of how I actually saw Santa in my living room when I was a little kid. I did. And, my dad was certainly *not* the type to dress up in a Santa suit.

So, even now, as I 'play Santa' myself. I still believe.

Answer 5

My children never believed. Right from the start, I told them the truth: Santa is a fun Christmas story. I'm not sure all the "fun" of teaching kids to believe in Santa is worth the moment they find out that you've been lying to them. Someone always seems to tell them before they've grown up enough to figure it out for themselves.

I did, however, tell my children that some parents choose to have their children believe in Santa, and they should never tell a child who believes that Santa isn't real. It's up to the parent to decide when and if to tell them. My children are now ages 8 and 11, and very nice people, so to date they have never been the ones to tell a friend that Santa isn't a real person.

Answer 6

I would say yes and do what the first person said, if Santa isnt real who fills up your stocking on Christmas eve... Santa is the magic of christmas. Kids grow up and lose that magic and that little bit of innocence about them soon enough. I know, I myself, want to let my kid be a kid as long as possible...

Answer 7

we don't do Santa, yet I even have heard of a very stunning thought. They make a particular key for Santa to get interior the homestead and flow away it on the front porch (or outdoors the door). for sure, it does not be your genuine homestead key. the single I observed grew to become into like a brilliant toy key with a fantastically ribbon tied around it. you ought to flow away it outdoors with the reindeer nutrition.

Answer 8

have him/her watch polar express. Make sure they are listening when santa says that the true spirit of xmas lays in your heart. Then ask your kid if he has the spirit of xmas in his heart. to make it all come together if he says no get a bell and take the thingy out if he says yes give him a regular bell

Answer 9

Yes, of course. Why would you even wonder what to answer? Let your child hang onto the magic of childhood as long as possible; adulthood comes soon enough.

Answer 10

I still believe in Santa and I tell my children that as long as they believe in him, he will always be real in their hearts....it is like that movie - Polar Express...
Yes, I still write from Santa on all presents.

Answer 11

Tell your child the truth. Always. Someday you may need to ask them to believe something else and if you havent always been honest with them, they may have trouble believing in you.