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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter was told flat out, very early on, K or 1st grade, by her best friend that there was no Santa Claus, it was just your parents. (Which is what that child's parents had told her from even earlier on - they never did Santa).

My daughter immediately asked me if that was true, and I used all sorts of diversions to just get her to drop it.  "Hmm, I don't know, what I was told as a child was... I definitely don't have a lot of money for presents, so do you think Mommy and Daddy could afford to buy all that for you?" etc.   And it seemed to satisfy her for a while.

In 2nd grade, in the face of overwhelming pressure from her friend, she demanded I tell her the absolute truth.   So I did.   She burst into tears, and said "Why did you tell me there's no Santa!!!!"   When she calmed down, she said, "Well, at least there's still the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny".

By CHristmastime in 3rd grade, she gave every appearance of continuing to believe in Santa, and she stopped asking.

Now she is in fourth grade and apparently unironically, has written a letter to Santa, and talks about Santa as if she still believes -- none of this "wink, wink",  I'm writing a letter to SANTA CLAUSE- really you guys.   So I don't know what to think!   I think she really wasn't ready all that time and wanted to believe, so she just went back to forgetting what I told her?[/quote]

This happened to us too, with the tooth fairy.  DS figured it out, we confirmed it, he kept up appearances for his little sister.  But now he keeps up the rouse so well that I'm wondering if he's forgotten she's fake![/quote]

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