If your kids are reaching a certain age and you’re wondering if you can continue to let the kids believe in Santa, I say yes! Keep the magic going. They can continue to believe in the magic of the season even if they don’t believe a big dude in a red suit leaves the gifts. We had an incident recently when our 6-year-old son excitedly told his friend our Elf on the Shelf had arrived, only for his friend reply that the elf wasn’t real. And then he decided to follow that up with, “Santa isn’t real either.” Wow kid.…
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I still remember the day my mom told me. I was 8 or 9 years old, so I️ had already known the truth for years. I knew my parents bought me the presents. They all said “from Mom and Dad” on them. My mom didn’t want Santa to get the credit for anything except delivery. I also knew he didn’t slip down our non-existent chimney, but at least they still snuck the presents out in the middle of the night for the big morning reveal. Maybe Mom was in a bad mood that day. Maybe I asked about Santa one…