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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's sad that some people feel a personal insult to "having" to pretend Santa is real. Think about the last time you had real, true magic in your life. Or even breathless anticipation and excitement. Think about the next time you'll have it. For most of us as adults, we almost never experience these things anymore. But for a brief time, kids still get to and Christmas/Santa is one of those times. Why take it away from them just to prove you are intellectually superior and too pragmatic to continue an illusion? Why not just let them have it while they're little and still can? They have a lifetime of bills and worry and job stress and taxes and reality ahead of them. Why not just let them have the fun and magic that little kids should have? It doesn't hurt you one bit to just keep your mouth shut and let them believe. [/quote]

I don't know about OP, but when my kid asks if there's a Santa and I tell him no (we are Jewish), I'm not attempting to prove I'm intellectually superior or pragmatic. I would give him the same answer if he asked if we believe Jesus is the son of G-d, or if we worship Allah, etc. No, we do not do any of those things because they are not in our belief system.  If he asked me this on the sidewalk, I wouldn't scream it, but I would say it in a normal conversational tone. Now if we were in the mall passing a line of kids waiting for Santa, I'd probably tell him we'd discuss it in five minutes when we're not passing that line. Just like I'd probably wait five minutes to discuss abortion if we were passing a clinic where people were protesting. But in a normal situation, I am not going to self-censor when he asks a normal question, just because some fragile person or their fragile children *might* be around and *might* hear us and *might* be upset. I hear things that upset me all the time. It's called life. Deal with it.[/quote]

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