Kids talk and whilst in your house santa is just a Christmas character as real as say stickman or the snowman. There's always the risk how you treat it with your kids upset and affect kids in other families. Not really your problem but it is important to others to keep the pretense up.We've always been honest with our two in that Father Christmas isn't real. It's not caused any issues, even when I was Father Christmas in the local school fair.
However ...my eldest, who's on the autistic spectrum, caused his new classmates to cry when asked by the teacher on his first day in school what Santa had brought him. His reply: "Santa's not real" and tears flowed from the 4 and 5 year-olds.
Kids talk and whilst in your house santa is just a Christmas character as real as say stickman or the snowman. There's always the risk how you treat it with your kids upset and affect kids in other families. Not really your problem but it is important to others to keep the pretense up.
BTW I don't mean to sound like I'm telling you off, I'm not thinking that way. I'm just pointing out that it's a potentially delicate situation. I've noticed that belief has stopped in classes not long after one kid starts to say it's made up, often because a big brother or sister told him.
is this really the case?As an official old fart I don't think I ever believed in 'him' as being real.
Never taught my kids he was real.
Just wondering about other's views.