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[quote=Anonymous]It's tough to second guess these things. I right around your daughter's  age when I asked my parents and my mom point-blank told me. I took it really hard--and also figured out the tooth fairy and the easter bunny.  Did I mention this was a conversation that happened on Christmas Eve? Yeah, it sucked.

With my kids, we did a lot of "what do you think" and "Some people believe and some don't, it's up to you what you think but you will always get presents from Santa no matter what you believe."

First kid - found out at age 10 but didn't tell me for MONTHS. She had done the "lookup"/dictionary feature on her Kindle paper white for Santa, which  stated that Santa was fictional. I think that it was good that it was on her own terms. (And I think it's funny that she waited to let me know that she knew ... she had to break the news to me that she knew instead of me breaking the news to her!)

Second kid - started questioning around 9/10 but when asked "Do you really want to know the answer?" he said NO firmly. He was not officially told until he was 11/12, but obviously he knew before then.

Third kid - asked me when she was 7, just the two of us in the car.... it was actually before her older brother had wanted to be officially told, so it threw me a bit. But she INSISTED that she wanted to know. When I told her she was gleeful and literally clapped her hands because she was so happy she'd figured it out.

Some things we did:

-Talked to our kids about the magic of Santa. Santa is giving presents without getting a thank-you or acknowledgment from the person you gave to. We found ways to be Santa to friends and neighbors.

-Each kid got to pick out one small thing to include in their siblings' stocking... sometimes it was candy or band-aids or a pen. Just a little something to enjoy the fun of being in on the game.

-They were all instructed NOT TO TELL their siblings regardless of whether that sibling officially knew. For example, when my youngest kid found out we said not to tell our oldest (who already knew). This extended the magic a bit by making everyone feel that they could still play along.

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