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[quote=Anonymous]One day I overheard my mom talking on the phone and saying something like, "Yeah, she knows Santa isn't real, but we just play along and give her gifts from him because it's fun."  I think I was in 6th grade.  I felt really disappointed because I actually was still on the fence and felt like a loser that I still did believe in Santa when she thought I shouldn't anymore.  I wish she had told me to my face instead of assuming -- so please don't do this with your kids.

I know many of you will hate this, but we have always told our kids that Santa was pretend.  It doesn't ruin the magic because we still talk about Santa and give gifts from him.  When my kids were younger, they kind of convinced themselves for a while that Santa was real despite the way we had framed it.  We didn't correct them but periodically reminded that he was pretend and always answered honestly when asked.  The one trick has been telling them not to tell others, but since we always framed it as a fun story, they never really have felt like they needed to discuss with anyone whether Santa was or wasn't real.  They play and watch pretend characters all the time in videos and books, so I don't think it's that odd to have a pretend character at the holidays.[/quote]

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