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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I are children of immigrants so neither of us believed in Santa (because our parents didn't really go through the effort to act like there was a Santa).  We are torn about our own kids (3 & 5).  My thought was I don't want to lie to my child about this or anything else.  However, I am also not a grinch so I don't want to actively burst his bubble.  We have never really told him about Santa - he just picked up on it from other kids, movies, books, etc.  And whenever he asks me questions, I just ask him what he thinks.  We do get them gifts from "Santa" so I guess in that way we are perpetuating a lie (although we do not go to the extreme like some of my relatives where they leave half eaten cookies, make hoof prints on the roof, the whole 9 yards).

But I do think if a child really believes in Santa, they will regardless of what other kids say.  And I am not really sure how parents control what their kids say.  I have a niece who is 10 and still believes even though her older brother - 12 - tells her she is crazy for believing.

As for my own son (5), I don't know how much longer he will believe.  He is already pointing out logical inconsistencies (why does the Santa in the mall look different from the Santa on the train ride - one or both of them must be pretending, how does Santa get into places that don't have chimneys like apartments, how does he make it to every child in the world in just one night, etc.)  [/quote]

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