Santa (*spoiler*)

Drowned Out
Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
edited December 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
So....
What's the formula for kids learning the truth? Let friends tell them and lie to the bitter end? Or be honest when they ask? Is there a way to do this right?...or to fuck it up? How have other parents dealt with this?

I feel like there comes a time when we're just kinda making fools of kids by misleading them. Should you just tell them the truth when they start asking? Or get obtuse or philosophical so they will believe a little longer? Kind of a fucked up situation we put ourselves in with all the stories :lol:
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,773
    Maybe at a certain age ask them questions like, "Why do you think the Santa at the mall looks different than the Santa downtown?" or "Say, how do suppose it is that Santa seems to be in more places than one at the same time?" Sooner or later they figure it out and it becomes their idea rather than being told it's all make believe. Most kids are savvy enough to figure out that all the make believe stories are just. (Hey, I'm really trying to be good here so I don't get lumps of coal tomorrow. :lol: )
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Oh, we (myself, my fam, and Hollywood) have lied about all of those situations for years already. The mall santa's aren't the real one - they're just helper santas. He can be many places at once because he's Santa - he's magic!
    And what's the certain age?
    They started questioning the mall santa at like 4 :lol:

    Happy holidays to you and yours Brian :)
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,086
    When they start to question Santa's existence , you move from Santa being real to the spirit of Santa being real.
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I found out in the schoolyard. Once the Santa myth gets debunked, the hunt for the secret present stash begins! :D
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,773
    Drowned Out wrote:
    Oh, we (myself, my fam, and Hollywood) have lied about all of those situations for years already. The mall santa's aren't the real one - they're just helper santas. He can be many places at once because he's Santa - he's magic!
    And what's the certain age?
    They started questioning the mall santa at like 4 :lol:

    Happy holidays to you and yours Brian :)

    Helper Santas... :fp: No one ever told me!

    Happy Holidays to you to, my friend!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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