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[quote=Anonymous]I found out around age 7, and although my kids still have a few years, around that age strikes me as more or less the "right" time, but I won't push it. And don't be too hard on yourself, OP, you were trying to keep your promise to yourself to always be honest with your child in response to questions and that's a darn good principle to have.

When I started to "question," my parents made it a bit of a teaching moment by making me figure it out. "If Santa isn't real, where do those presents come from?" "You and dad?" "Really? When would we have the time to go get presents? And where would we keep them before Christmas morning?"

They must have had the presents hidden real well because I searched and never found them! Also I had a damn hard time figuring out "when" they would buy the presents. I even wrote down a little calendar. When I went to school, they went to work. And you don't buy presents at work, so that didn't make sense. Then they'd pick me up from school and we'd go home for dinner. So I just didn't see how they could possibly "be Santa" for the longest time![/quote]

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