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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 44 and my mother still wraps and sends me gifts "from Santa." It's her way of saying, "Please, no need to thank *me*. I mean, I have *no idea* where those gifts came from!"  :)

It's cute. And as the oldest of 3 sisters, we kept up the charade for a long time just because it was fun for us to engage in a little make believe now and then.  But my parents NEVER insisted that we believe or really do anything other than wrap a gift from Santa (which got the same wrapping and the same handwritten note as every other present, so not a lot of effort there :)) and eat the cookies and milk we left out (and I'm not happy to do the same for my kids!).

The totally let us drive the believe-in-Santa boat at our own pace, and I'm please that they participated a little tiny bit and didn't make a big show and dance about the whole darn thing.  They encouraged critical thinking, and also allowed us to pretend when it suited us.

Finally, my father grew up poor, meaning no Santa.  My mother grew up in another country, and Santa wasnt' part of her holiday tradition. My friends were from very diverse backgrounds, and there was no illusion that Santa visited every good girl and boy. And finally, we kids talked-- respectfully-- among ourselves about our holiday traditions, and there is no way that a smart Jewish or Muslim or non-US Christmas celebratory kid was going to play along with the idea of Santa, because even kids know it's stupid to do that. [/quote]

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