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OP -- we weren't into santa with our kids at all, but I will tell you that they will not escape the whole santa idea.  We never made a point of saying "the whole santa thing is a hoax" but we also didn't tell them to write letters of what they want (gimme, gimme..) or push the idea of a man coming down the chimney.  If your kids are in preschool or daycare, they WILL get santa-tized.  If you take your kid to the mall with you or let them see anything on tv or hear songs on the radio, they will get a general idea of santa.

I wasn't into the "lying" idea with Santa when my kids were babies, but it's really no different than reading stories where frogs are singing or bunnies are playing hide and seek... it's all just imaginary stories.  So, if we are o.k. with reading stories about frogs that dance, then are we really hurting kids by reading them a story about a man who bring presents?

Like I said, we have never encouraged the whole "make a list of all the stuff you want" b/c I'd rather just give them things and have them be pleasantly surprised to get anything at all.  Since the whole santa thing could not be avoided, we told the kids that santa leaves little treats in their stockings (and we took credit for giving them all the bigger presents) -- the idea being that they wouldn't feel as "tricked" if they only thought the small treats were from santa.  When other kids/adults said "what did you get from santa?" my kids would be like "a coloring book" or "a pez."  We told them that santa brings bigger things for people who can't afford to get them on their own.

At any rate, DD figured it out at 7.5 years (after questioning the legitimacy of the tooth fairy and extropolating that santa might be in the same boat).  DS is 6 and hasn't asked too much about it b/c we don't highlight the idea -- we keep it as more of a "story" and we don't market it to the kids are god's honest truth.  We also tell them that anyone can be a "santa" by doing nice things for others.

Bottom line --- you don't have to go "all in" on Santa -- but you cannot escape it entirely if you live in the USA.[/quote]

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