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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Thank you for sharing.

Reply to MoonlightHillFarm (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 12:06 AM

Dec 2022

I remember quite clearly when my older sister told me that Santa Claus wasn't real.

Many years later, I had two sons who were four years apart in age. I'd kept up the Santa Claus thing for as long as I could, and when older son was 8 or 9, finally asked him something along the lines of, "You do understand your parents are Santa Claus, right?" I gathered from his response that he was trying to protect us, his parents, as much as his younger brother.

On a related note, when I was a young child and still believed in Santa, my mom was very vocal about saying the Santas we saw in department stores or wherever were Santa's helpers, not the real guy who was very busy in the North Pole. Smart move on her part. It maintained the Santa story but allowed for seeing all those other "Santas".

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A Christmas Story [View all] MoonlightHillFarm Dec 2022 OP

My husband was furious with me when I responded to daughter, something like elleng Dec 2022 #1

Thank you for sharing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #2

I think that a lot of parents used the "Santa's helpers" story. wnylib Dec 2022 #3

I'm 39 and I did the same thing to my younger siblings Jspur Dec 2022 #4

I was the youngest of 7, a half sister, and very late in life MerryBlooms Dec 2022 #5

I taught 1st graders for 15 years BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #6

My brother (4 years older) told me Freddie Dec 2022 #7

My youngest told me that her big brother had murielm99 Dec 2022 #8

Our children never fessed up they new Santa was a myth. They knew a good deal when they had it! Pobeka Dec 2022 #9