I found out when I was a wee seven year old. My neighbor, Missy, told me. When I confronted my parents, they came clean.
Monday, my 7 year old asked me for the truth. I answered his question with a question; "What do you think?" Apparently, that was enough to stall him - hopefully for at least a couple more years.
But my 10 year old? Really, it's about time. Sure, he's had his doubts. I almost lost him when he was in kindergarten. He had all sorts of tough questions. But somehow, he always comes up with some explanation.
(Pictures taken in 2004)
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I say let the magic continue...I was devastated when my mom finally told me the truth. He probably already knows he's not real deep inside but is in the first stages of denial!!
If he actually asks you then let him know the truth but until then have fun!!! It was fun seeing David, next time I hope you're with him. Also, you should look into joining facebook...you'll be amazed by all the people you can find on there.
Cheryl is right. Pretty soon he'll be old enough to say to himself, "That REALLY doesn't make any sense." and then you don't have to crush his little heart. I told Carlee last year (she asked point blank) but then she though we were also lying about Jesus being real. It gets a bit touchy but good luck. LOVE THE PICTURE!
I don't remember when I knew the truth, but even into my teenage years, my dad kept telling me that if I quit believing, then the gifts would quit coming.
To this day, I still hear that bell ringing. :) LOL
Hey! You copied my blog background!
Do you really know for sure if he still believes or if he is just pretending? We play the bit with Al, but I am not sure if he is just playing along to get the gifts. If he really believes, then let him have just a little more time. Realism is just so harsh lately. I had to explain to Al why people at Walmart killed a man so they could buy some cheap electronics. It's a rough world!
With our kids we started right from the begining teaching them that Santa was a lot of fun to believe in but he wasn't the reason for Christmas. Jesus was real, Santa was not.
My parents never got us going on Santa Claus either but mostly because things were pretty tight for them. Well for me at least, I think my younger sisters got to believe at least for a little while. I'm sure they figured this would keep me from thinking Santa forgot about me when there wasn't much. To this day though, my mom still labels one of our gifts "From Santa" but I'm so grateful they put most of the focus where it belonged.
oh I know what you mean, I'll be crushed when Jake figures it out...he's 9.5
I tried emailing you on your website email and can't because of some weird outlook thing...can you email me off of mine...I need to send you an evite...
Cute pictures! Let me know when you figure out what to do. I am sure with the boys that as soon as one finds out he will ruin it for the other.
You know how it went for us. I think that watching that documentary really helps. Actually can I borrow that? With LM being 10, this is the year that we will tell him. I think that Mom and Dad's tradition of letting them stay up late on Christmas Eve to set things up really makes it special. As devasted as Gem was, she said that the next year was her best Christmas ever. She liked being in the on secret, and helping to spread the spirit of Santa. She also admitted that a part of her still believes! Also we do the wisemen presents. Santa doesn't give as much as they do, and the kids know those presents come from us. It has helped us re-focus on what Christmas is really about. That said, I'm glad that I still have a little one who believes!
Seriously, I just changed my background and remembered you had a new Christmas one too. So I came back to yours wondering... Guess what? We have the same one again. You have such good taste!
Lorie: Carlee just wants to stop going to church, and she finally found her "in"! I say you just sit BB1 down, hand him a beer and say, "Son, it's time you understand that life is just a series of letdowns. Beginning with Santa Claus. He's not real, kind of like my hair color. So take a swig and help me put up these #($)@#* lights." Seriously, I think Dr. Phil suggested that.
Can I just tell you that the top picture is the SWEETEST picture ever!
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