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Give her a copy of "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus". It is beautiful and tells her that while there is no real person named Santa Claus, his spirit still lives in each of us. Personally, I am 34 and I STILL BELIEVE! The rule growing up was if you didn't believe in Santa Claus, then Santa didn't bring you anything for your stocking or any presents. I was still believing in Santa right up to the day I got married. :) Then I had a little boy and I still believe!! :) Hope this helps.

I love the suggestion that vokey9472 made about getting that book. My daughter too has been on the fence for a little while, though both my boys still believe. I've lost count of the times that mommy and daddy are Santa's helpers because he's such a busy man, and they accepted that explanation *wipes forehead with relief* It's getting harder and harder to come up with explanations every year and just last Christmas, my daughter being the smart girl that she is, asked why Santa's handwriting was exactly the same as mommy's. I gently explained that mommy had to help Santa out writing labels so he had more time to get the gifts loaded onto his sleigh. One of my boys has asked how Santa manages to get round every single child in the world in just one night. My partner managed to come up with some story about the time difference in each country, saying that it gave Santa more time to get round them all. It was an excuse he'd read in a book written by Mick Foley who's son asked him that very same question lol.

My Mother told me that I was 10 when I started to waver about believing, and by 11 it was all out in the open. I had an older brother, but he was under strict orders to play along, just as I was eventually for our younger brother. Your daughter sounds like a smart little girl. 10 is a great age, because they start to get more analytical. It's interesting to see how the mind develops. Anyways, I like the way that you explained it to her. It's such an honest explanation, yet it allows her to believe for as long as she can. At that time her thinking will naturally evolve to embrace the "spirit" of Santa instead of the physical being who brings presents. She will relate the joy of receiving gifts as a child to the joy of giving to others, which is the real spirit of the season.

I have a great Santa story about that...my son was 10. He was playing travel hockey. That Christmas, we were going over the interstate into the city to Grandma's house we go, it is about a 6 1/2 hour drive in good weather. ON December 26th we were leavig from out house for a hockey tournament until the 29th or 30th. We planned on doing Christmas Eve with Grandma and then getting home on Christmas so that we could leave the morning of the 26th for the tournament. We decided not to do a Christmas tree. We left Grandma's at about 9 PM on Christmas eve and for the first time, we saw deer prints in Grandma's driveway...mmm...maybe they belonged to Santa's reindeer. We got in the car and listend to the NORAD radio broadcast about Santa. Mom - what is NORAD. mmm...if the government is talking about Santa.... Well we got home and a friend had put up the Christmas tree - lights and all, gifts under the tree...whoa, there must be a Santa. He never asked again and a few years later admitted it was the best Christmas, it was full of magic. I guess by the following year he connected the dots, but that night he was a child in awe and it was great. BTW - one thing we always did, before opening up the first gift is we got up Christmas morning and gave out gifts to people who helped us through the year, friends or those in need of a bit of help- one year we made Christmas ornaments for a friend who lost everything when her house burnt down. It was all done anonymously and now, some 10 years later, she still does not know where they came from. To her and adult with 2 children...a little more magic of Christmas

When i was child,i even didnt know what is this santa clouse,i saw him only in cartoons.Gradually i came to know that santa clouse does exist not in this world but in the heart of people.Many kids wait for the christmas,they belive that santa clouse will come with some gifts for them.You know this is the great source of happiness for todays children.I still want to see santa clouse and believe him.

We finally told my dd right before she turned 12.....and it was much like you....always told her I believed in the "spirit" of Santa and as long as we did things to keep that spirit alive that is all that mattered:) She is a little upset that we didn't tell her sooner, but I wasn't ready for her to stop being my "baby". We'll see how long we can make it last with my boys (5 yrs and 16 months)

My children are 12,9 and 5. The 12 year old only just stopped belieeing in Santa,easter bunny and tooth fairy last year. The other two are still firm believers and I will keep it like that for as long as I can. My daughter was a bit devastated when she learned (from kids at school) about Santa and just said"Does that mean there's no easter bunny or tooth fairy either?" It was a bit sad really. My 9yr old said to me this year. I know that Santas real because you couldn't afford to give us the things santa does. Oh to be young again....

our first child believed the longest,, maybe til 9,, then the second was about 7 and the third (who is 17), we still believe he believes -its our only hope...! It is so much fun when they do believe,,there is a certain magic feeling in your home when they are little and full of christmas spirit.

Haha. My sister just added to this "I think there still IS an easter bunny!" Okay I only ONCE believed in an easter bunny. I stuck out carrots which never got eaten. NOPE it isnt real! I was close to teens by then or maybe less? I think I was like 9 or even 8 when I stopped believing. I figure it out on my own. I was at target and saw something that "santa" had given me um yeah it was a candy thingy and well looked so familiar! Thats when I realized he wasnt real. I dont recall when I stopped believing in the tooth fairy. I think I never did it just faded with no teeth left... :) Our cousins NEVER were taught about santa so they thought it was fun to play with our heads about santa and hearing his bells when we were together on christmas eve. Heehee. I know I will tell my kids about santa as if he is real. I wont spoil the fun I had growing up. It was fun and part of the magic of christmas. We still live at home with my parents and I guess till we dont anymore my mom will keep putting candy in a stocking and telling us to not LOOK yet till she was there to see our reaction :))

well i have no children... so for me... i was 7 when i found out that all those things werent real.. this is how it happened.. i asked my mum "mum what should i ask santa for this year?" and she said "anything you want honey but ask for something not too expensive cos santa has many children he needs to give a present to this year" and i replied "but mum, how come my friends get big presents and i dont?" as soon as i finished asking that question i put 1 and 2 together and realised my mum was santa claus... then i asked her about the other things and she gave up because she knew i was too old to believe the lies... hopefully when i have a child they wont find out that these things that make us so happy as a child are not real... i hope that they at least pretend they're real for my sake (and theirs cos they'll be gettn more presents) !! lol...

i dont have a kids yet im still single, but i will share to you my experience in believing santa claus. when i was in grade school a always think and believe santa exist yes, indeed coz that's my parents thought us when were still young, they always tell us that xmas comes santa claus do visit each in every house so we need to hang a sack in order for santa would live as a gift that we wish to have on christmas. at first i was amazed. one morning when we wake up the gifts are there and luckily my gifts is the one that i love for as wish that santa would give me on xmas. i was happy that time, as time goes by xmas comes again and i wish again that i wish to have this kind of gifts. my told me to go upstairs coz santa wont come to our house if we will not sleep and keepw waiting to santa's coming, until such time my mom doesn't noticed that i am awake still and had to drink water from our kitchen. i really don't believe what i see infornt of me. only my mom put a gift on the sack for our gifts. too bad from that time i dont believe santa is real

i think santa claus is one of those who adds spice to a child's life. i have no children, but i remember when i was a child, i have always looked forward to santa...and still, in my childish wishful thinking now, still believes...puts a smile on my face.

my kids were about 10 when they realized the "truth". my daughter is now 10 and last christmas was the first one where she reralized there was no santa.... my older teenagers kept the secret for her sake....but usually the kids at school are the ones the tell them.... the tooth fairy lasted the same amt of time and the easter bunny really came about the year before since one of the older aunts blabbed in front of her... oh well.... i have 2 yr old i can relish for awhile

well...lets see....i think when i was 12 !!! hehe. My mom made me believe that there isn't such things. lol.

my kids are 6 and 3. but i stopped beleiving in them at about 8, i guess.

I don't really remember at what age I stop believing in Santa. But I remember that that I beleive in the tooth fairy for so long. I was receiving letter from her that was printed in blue and pink ink. We didnt had any machine that was made for writing. I believe it 'till my last teeth. I don,t remember how and when I stopped believing but I remember that one day I found the machine my father was using. Thank you dad for that magic :)

My mom was so funny about this subject when it came to me and my brother. We would ask her about it and she would swear up and down that Santa was real. My stepdad and I decided that my brother and I should keep "believing" until she was ready, but what we did not know was that she wanted us to keep believing until we were 18!!! I got married and moved to California and called my mom Christmas morning and asked her why santa didn't come to my house and she got all upset and said she thought she put in the change of address for him but he must have missed it. I think that when your daughter is ready and people start telling her i.e. classmates then you might want to tell her because that is heart breaking to find out from other children. Then you could also have her help you be a helper for others and take her to a children's hospital for gift giving. This will make her feel better about not believing or it might even make her believe your story about being a helper.

LOL....SHe's a smart kid. I don't have children but I think I was 8 or 9 when I realized it was my uncle playing Santa andpestered my mom till she told me the truth!!! LOL

We don't believe in Santa Clause. I don't feel that it's right to lie to my kids about something that big. I know that kids can get so very very upset when they learn the truth, and it seems a bit like a hypocrite to tell my children not to lie and here I am, lying to them about something so big. We also don't do the tooth fairy (why should I pay them for their teeth?), the Easter Bunny (it's a secular holiday, so we don't even celebrate it except to get together for dinner with family, no gifts or baskets or anything of the like), and we don't Trick or Treat (the kids really aren't allowed to have the candy). I know, I'm a Scrooge. However, they will grow up with the truth, and a full understanding of the holidays and why we celebrate them.

i am not have chid ,because i am not married,i am single,my age is 21.