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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that's necessarily true.  I answer a LOT of questions with "I don't know--what do you think?"  They know thee is a LOT their mom does not know when it comes to science, history, theology, etc.  lots of mysteries and unanswered questions in this world. I don't pretend to know it all. [/quote]

Agree.  Giving a direct answer would mean you ACTUALLY know and how do you ACTUALLY know?  Did you talk to Santa?  Does Santa let the adults know which one is the real them.

I ask too and we all wonder together. I usually say I think they are elves helping out for Santa but it is not 100%.  The wonder is half the magic :) [/quote]

I like this approach. I feel like there are two sides to this - the ones that want to keep Santa going as long as possible and the ones that don't 'do' Santa. I feel like we fall between - the mythology is fun, and it's fun to speculate. But I like PPs approach, and it's similar to ours. When the question's asked, the answer usually comes out to 'It's magic, kid! Magic is magical!' But kids are smart, and aren't going to believe forever - for instance, I figured out that Santa and Mom had the same handwriting at a pretty early age. I think when kids start catching on, you don't have to bend over backwards to keep the myth alive. [/quote]

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