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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some DCUM parents can be so rigid about this.

"Santa" is an alternate reality, a parallel universe, it's not a lie. As another poster eloquently expressed it on another thread, you can explain Santa in such a way that your kids gradually come to understand it exists on a different plane. It's the festive spirit of the Holidays, separate from the purely religiously. So start off however you like, OP, because you will of course need to tweak the Santa explanation year after year as your child grows.

My parents still talk about Pere Noel coming with gifts (we're French). We still talk about Santa's gifts with our teens. No one believes it's a flesh and blood person, obviously. But it's a welcome suspension of reality at the darkest time of the year.

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+1 I just posted above but I totally agree with this. This is the kind of way we talk about it. Santa is the fun of the holidays, it's the magic and the spirit of giving and bringing gifts to your neighbors. In our house this santa brings a few special gifts. I'm pretty sure my 4 year old is skeptical and understands already this "magic" is not "real" in the way other things are. It's just a part of the "magic" of christmas. It doesn't all have to be so literal.[/quote]
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Santa is make-believe.  Little kids understand make-believe. [/quote]

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