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Tell him the truth now 9 17.31%
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Old 10-02-2024, 08:51 AM   Topic Starter
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Is my kiddo too old for Santa?
My kiddo is 8 (hard to believe, right?) and in 3rd grade. I feel like we could get by with the Santa thing one more Christmas, but I don't want to be the parent taking the big kid to see Santa, ya know?

Our Santa tradition includes:
Going to see him
Me sending a letter from Santa with a Certificate of Nice List shortly after visit
Leaving milk and cookies with a thank you note Christmas Eve
Having one Santa gift Christmas morning (the one thing he asked for, which is never too expensive or too cheap)

What do you think? Tell him the truth now or give him one last Christmas with Santa?
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Old 10-02-2024, 08:52 AM   #2
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Old 10-02-2024, 08:55 AM   #3
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I let mine go as long as they could believing in Santa. I never changed my game. I still push the Santa is real card, only now I express it as “The Spirit of Santa”. I even have my grands write me a list as a “Letter to Santa”


Some of us still have Hobo Spirit 22
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Old 10-02-2024, 08:59 AM   #4
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I let mine go as long as they could believing in Santa. I still push the Santa is real card, only now I express it as “The Spirit of Santa”.


Some of us still have Hobo Spirit 22
Yeah, we plan to go from "real person" Santa to it being our responsibility to keep that spirit alive by doing good deeds and treating others with kindness.
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Old 10-02-2024, 09:03 AM   #5
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Yeah, we plan to go from "real person" Santa to it being our responsibility to keep that spirit alive by doing good deeds and treating others with kindness.
Yeah, I’m a holiday guy. I like to go all out and share every holiday with everyone. I do King Size Candy bars for Halloween with a handful of trinket shit I buy off Amazon (spiders, eyeballs and shit). Dress Red, White and Blue for Independence Day. I try to cover them all. I also decorate overboard for Halloween, it’s my favorite.
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Old 10-02-2024, 01:24 PM   #6
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I let mine go as long as they could believing in Santa. I never changed my game. I still push the Santa is real card, only now I express it as “The Spirit of Santa”. I even have my grands write me a list as a “Letter to Santa”


Some of us still have Hobo Spirit 22
Pretty much this.
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Old 10-02-2024, 08:56 AM   #7
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I'd let your kid believe in Santa until he brings it up and starts asking questions. Nothing wrong with holding onto the magical side of the Christmas season for a little while longer.
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Old 10-02-2024, 09:08 AM   #8
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I'd let your kid believe in Santa until he brings it up and starts asking questions. Nothing wrong with holding onto the magical side of the Christmas season for a little while longer.
This is exactly what we did with our 4 kids. Eventually, they either start asking questions & figure it out on their own, or someone at school says something. It's kind of a running joke in the house now - but we STILL do a "Santa" present for them in the morning.... kids are 25, 19, 18, & 16.

Because I enjoy Christmas, I've always said let the kids hold onto the magic as long as possible.
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Old 10-02-2024, 09:35 AM   #9
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This is exactly what we did with our 4 kids. Eventually, they either start asking questions & figure it out on their own, or someone at school says something. It's kind of a running joke in the house now - but we STILL do a "Santa" present for them in the morning.... kids are 25, 19, 18, & 16.

Because I enjoy Christmas, I've always said let the kids hold onto the magic as long as possible.
How are your kids that old? Of course, the last time we all hung out, I didn't even have one.

My husband likes to put all of the presents he wraps for him from Santa. This is why I'm in charge of wrapping.
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Old 10-02-2024, 09:40 AM   #10
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How are your kids that old? Of course, the last time we all hung out, I didn't even have one.

My husband likes to put all of the presents he wraps for him from Santa. This is why I'm in charge of wrapping.
We have always just had 1 big present be from Santa. I can see how it would be different if everything came from Santa.

Still....Keep the dream alive as long as possible!
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Old 10-02-2024, 09:56 AM   #11
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How are your kids that old? Of course, the last time we all hung out, I didn't even have one.

My husband likes to put all of the presents he wraps for him from Santa. This is why I'm in charge of wrapping.
It's been a long time since we've all hung out.
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Old 10-02-2024, 12:42 PM   #12
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How are your kids that old? Of course, the last time we all hung out, I didn't even have one.

My husband likes to put all of the presents he wraps for him from Santa. This is why I'm in charge of wrapping.
We have always wrapped gifts that were for someone from someone. Santa gifts were always set up like displays, assembled and ready to play. Stocking filled to the top overflowing. So I just continued from my experience growing up. I try to make it great for everyone I can.
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Old 10-02-2024, 02:58 PM   #13
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We have always wrapped gifts that were for someone from someone. Santa gifts were always set up like displays, assembled and ready to play. Stocking filled to the top overflowing. So I just continued from my experience growing up. I try to make it great for everyone I can.
I've got special Santa gift only wrapping paper and gift tags. And I don't want him thinking every gift is from Santa...lol. I think my husband just never had enough Santa magic when he was little.
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Old 10-02-2024, 10:24 AM   #14
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I'd let your kid believe in Santa until he brings it up and starts asking questions. Nothing wrong with holding onto the magical side of the Christmas season for a little while longer.
Absolutely.

This is a small thing in the grand scheme but it is an aspect of innocence lost once the truth comes out and once it’s gone it’s gone.
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I'd let your kid believe in Santa until he brings it up and starts asking questions. Nothing wrong with holding onto the magical side of the Christmas season for a little while longer.
Agreed. Let him decide when to stop believing in Santa
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