How do you tell children there is no Santa or Easter Bunny?

I think its beautiful part of childhood to believe that satan brings you gifts, or that the easter bunny leaves you eggs. Honestly its YOUR desision though. Not your inlaws, if you want him to belive in those parts of the seasons. Then by all means! Religion isnt the ONLY reason for those holidays in my opinion. I think you can find a happy medium between the religious views and the non religious views. If you tell him about santa then thats your right as a parent, They have NO right to interject their opnions on the subject. You need to be on the same page as your husband as well here. Provide a unnited front as to what you two decide your child should believe. Should he have the magic of the make believe or not? I think kids should, i think its very importaint for them to have that idea that there is magic in the world. My son is almost 3, and loves hearing about santa. My parents and my inlaws respect our desision to tell our kids about santa, and soon we will tell him the legends about the easter bunny, to make things more magical for him. I would tell them to shove it, you wont come across as the bad guy when he grows up and realizes there is no santa and easter bunny. He might be mad for a few weeks, but ive never heard of a child that was actually angry about it. Or felt lied to. My sister went to the age of 8 believing, just thease past 2 years has she not, and in that time, shes made it more real for my son. Thats importaint to me.

Hi there. My in-laws are very relligious as well. But they do believe in Santa. My daughter is only 6 months old now. Last Christmas, my MIL asked my daughter what she asked from Santa. I immediately blurted that my daughter doesn't wish to Santa but pray and thank the Lord for mommy and daddy. I grew up knowing that Santa and the Easter Bunny are just character that represent these occassions but they are not the reason why it is celebrated. This allowed me and my siblings to enjoy the simplicity of life and not be blinded by the material world. I guess I carry that same notion with my daughter.

All children should have the right to believe as it is for them that this is all about and I would tell the inlaws to butt out as this has nothing to do with them . It is fun for children to have something in life to dream about and to believe in all the magic and wonders of the world that we lose as we get older . You child will learn on his own about what is not real as when he gets older he will clue in to different things like the tags or the wrapping paper or even the hand writing on the tags or just from other children talking but in the mean time it is fun for him to have the belief of all the things we have like Santa and the Easter Bunny etc . This is good to help with their imagination and just a time for a child to be a child .