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[quote=Anonymous]I think that kids can "believe" and at the same time not believe the specifics because they don't align with reality. My 6 year "believes" in Santa but doesn't believe most of the specifics of the myth. She doesn't believe that he comes down the chimney or that he flies in the sky or that reindeer fly. When she was three, she told us that we should send Santa the alarm code so he could use the front door because going down the chimney "wasn't a good choice". Now she thinks that he drops things off at the door like the UPS man and mommy and daddy pick it up and put it under the tree.

She also doesn't believe that the elves make all the toys. She thinks that he shops at toy stores and Target because why would he put a bar code on something if they made it at the North Pole. Yet, she does seem to believe that the North Pole exists (because there is a south and north pole on the globe) and therefore Santa is up there making some toys with elves.

My favorite is that she emails Santa her XMas list. We had a debate about this when she was five. I told her that she should write a letter to Santa. She countered that we should go to the toy store, take a picture of the toys, and email it to him. (DH has a tendency to photograph an item with the UPC number and then later research it before buying it). I told her that Santa didn't have email. Her response was "Yes he does, he gave Daddy an iPhone last year and iPhones have email" (she send email to relatives from our iPhones with us).

She's a pretty analytical and observant kid but she still "believes". [/quote]

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