How do you tell yours?

arknor said:
Don't most people stop believing on their own around 6 years old anyway, through their own eyes or talk at school
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A lot of the primary school kids where I volunteer still seem to talk about Father Christmas even at year 5/6 - but it's a small town in the countryside - I personally love joining them in with the fantasy. It's a bit of fun.
 
Freefaller said:
I'll let them work it out themselves. I personally love the joy of them imagining Father Christmas and want to embrace their naivety and child-like imagination. Life is too serious not to enjoy a bit of make believe sometimes. It's innocent fun.
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+1.

Mine are all grown up now. Used to ask them if they'd written their letter to Santa. Me and the wife used to read them and got happiness from that. Sometimes we bring the letters out at Christmas and have a laugh with them. Then they share their thoughts they recalled from the time, again all good fun.
 
My daughter is 10 and in year 6. I think we will have to tell after this one is over, before she starts year 7. She has figured out god isn't real (despite what they say at her c of e school). She's so close to figuring it out, she told me the other day Santa would have to travel at xxxx speed (can't remember the number but was big) to deliver all the presents in time. I asked her if it made sense and she had a bit of a think about it but didn't answer.
 
The truth shall set you free!

I don't have kids, but my mum tells me I only believed for two years and then started asking too many questions and basically declared it was BS. I had to keep this to myself as my cousin who was a year older and whom I'd see every Saturday still believed for years.

So I never remember believing in Santa, did that stop me liking Christmas, not at all, I still absolutely love it. Maybe not having the rug pulled made me view it differently from a young age, I never believed in Santa but I absolutely believe in the spirit of Christmas, the time to reflect, the good will and sharing good food!
 
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This is a true story,


When i was a kid, we used to go to a big family party at xmas, hosted by my nan.

All parts of the family would join in, we would have music, usually a family member who was in a band play there. And as a tradition, one of the parents would dress up as santa with the entire outfit and give out presents to all the children (me being one of them)

anyway, one xmas, my dad was chosen to be the santa



I was at the party and this maybe the 2nd or 3rd iteration of the party that i was involved in over a couple of years.

Anyways, getting ready for the santa / present giving segment of the event, i had entered a room and found my dad getting ready to "become" santa. Getting the costume on and everything.



It was at this point i found out that he wasnt real :D
 
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I've already told the wife how I'm telling ours.

When they ask, I'm going to tell them Santa is real, but not as a jolly fat man in a red suit with a white beard, but as an idea. The real Santa's are parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles buying presents for kids and making it extra special for the little ones. And now they know the secret, they too become Santa and it's their turn to carry on the tradition and help make Christmas special for others.
 
DJMK4 said:
This is a true story,


When i was a kid, we used to go to a big family party at xmas, hosted by my nan.

All parts of the family would join in, we would have music, usually a family member who was in a band play there. And as a tradition, one of the parents would dress up as santa with the entire outfit and give out presents to all the children (me being one of them)

anyway, one xmas, my dad was chosen to be the santa



I was at the party and this maybe the 2nd or 3rd iteration of the party that i was involved in over a couple of years.

Anyways, getting ready for the santa / present giving segment of the event, i had entered a room and found my dad getting ready to "become" santa. Getting the costume on and everything.



It was at this point i found out that he wasnt real :D
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Did he not try the old "Oh, Santa's phoned and he can't make it, urgent presents needed elsewhere, I'm just doing this to not let the other kids down" excuse ?

I don't ever recall really believing in Santa, there was no point where someone had to tell me. I always knew it was my parents who brought the presents and filled my stocking up.
Maybe my parents didn't try that hard in making me believe.
 
Nutty667 said:
Did he not try the old "Oh, Santa's phoned and he can't make it, urgent presents needed elsewhere, I'm just doing this to not let the other kids down" excuse ?

I don't ever recall really believing in Santa, there was no point where someone had to tell me. I always knew it was my parents who brought the presents and filled my stocking up.
Maybe my parents didn't try that hard in making me believe.
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Apparently he tried but it tarnished my whole belief :)
 
We told our eldest when he was 10, just before he started secondary (didn't want them taking the **** out of him :p). To be fair he said he was 99% sure anyway.

He's really good with his little brother though, always playing along :)
 
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