Believing in Santa

I don't think it matters either way, because either your child will find out when they are older. My son knows we brought him presents, but we have said we are sending them to santa for him to take them to his nanas house for christmas day. He is only 19 months old and is excited about santa and the whole christmas thing. In my opinion its ok to tell them the truth from the start or to tell them about santa as if hes real. Its upto you what you do, don't let tell you what you should or shouldn't do because in the end its upto you as you are your childs mum. Believing in santa when i was a child just made it seem more special, but christmas is always special to children so it really doesn't matter. ~Joeys wife

How is telling you child that santa real a lie??? "the most influential figure in the shaping of today's generous as loving Santa Claus was a real man. St. Nicholas of Myra (now Turkey), a fourth century bishop. As a champion of children and the needy, he was legendary for his kindness and generosity. A TRADITION OF BENEVOLENCE In a well known story illustrating St, Nicholas' benevolence, we find two of the basic principles of the holiday spirit - giving to others and helping the less fortunate - as well as the tradition of hanging stockings by the fireplace. According to this legend, there were three Italian maidens whose families had fallen on hard times. Because their father could not afford the dowries necessary for them to marry, he was considering selling one of his daughters into slavery to get dowries for the other two. When the good saint heard of the family's plight, he went to their home late one night and anonymously tossed three bags of gold down the chimney. Miraculously, a bag fell into each of the sisters stockings, were hanging by the fire to dry. His kindhearted gift made it possible for all three sisters to marry." So yea he is not living no but telling you kids that Santa is a lie is wrong. Why spoil your childs fun? or the fun of other kids at least when your daughter blurts out in school that santa is not real. It's not fair that your child thinks there is something wrong with her because Santa doesn't come bring her presents. Anyway just my 2 cents

I don't think it's weird that you don't want to lie to your child. But I also don't think of Santa Claus as a lie. It is fantasy, it's part of childhood, imagination, dreaming. To me, it's not about lying to get her to behave, it's about letting her believe in something magical. That, afterall, is the essence of childhood. Imagination, fantasy, creativity. It's the same as letting her imagine that she is a princess, playing dress up, having a tea party and pretending her dolls can talk and play. Besides, Santa Was real- or St Nick was, and that is where the story of Santa came from. He brought presents to children who had none. It is the Spirit of Santa Claus that I love, the idea of him. There is no harm in letting your children believe.

It's not unheard of to tell children there's no Santa. It is perfectly OK to not lie to your children. My kids were mad at me when they were told on the school bus that Santa was Mom and Dad.