To any kid, from 2 to 10 years old. After that, they often figure it out for themselves. From my days working in receiving for a major retail store during the holidays, there’s a saying I’ve come up with to break it to any child there is not a magical fat man who morphs into different shapes, stopping time to make a universal trip to good boys and girls. It is this: Santa’s workshop is really a place where boxes come off a line, and worker ants stick it. Then daddy goes out and buys them, wraps them up, and leaves magic powder by the fireplace. Notice how daddy got a bit bigger during the holidays. Yeah, that was from the Oreos you set out on Xmas Eve night. Try this line on your kids or grandchildren, who haven’t figured it out yet. See how they react. The North Pole is really a place in Alaska that all the letters go to volunteers, who may write back to kids under the Santa name, or make surprise phone calls. Reindeer do exist, just not how Rudolph is perceived. And midgets do exist, but they are not elves who sing, dance, and build toys. Machines in China do that. I will admit, it felt enchanting to see a living or dining room come alive with gifts that were not there the night before. Full stockings with candy that made me sick. But commercialism over Xmas has gotten out of hand, and needs to be reduced.
my son was six when an older child at school told him, he came home from school and made me and dad sit on the couch, stood before us arms crossed and said "now tell me the truth, is Santa real". I couldn't lie to him.. He then firmly asked "what about the easter bunny.... and the tooth fairy". I fessed up but made him promise not to tell his sister, he dutifully helped put out the reindeer food that same Christmas and kept his promise until she found out three years later at age 7. Yes Christmas is over commercialised, personally I love listening to Concerts at this particular time of year and have several on dvd. I enjoy making Christmas special and fun for my family... so the tree goes up every year and the music comes out in December... I don't overdo the gifts, it's quality over quantity.
Tell them Santa was promoting socialism - always giving things away - and he wore fruity clothing that was suggestive of transsexualism, so he was banned from the US.
Why in the world would I teach my children that there is such a thing as Santa Claus when it's my wife and I giving them presents? It's as silly as teaching your children that there is a god.
The difference is a magical fat man riding around on reindeer doesn't, for a fact, exist. The existence of a god is still yet to be proven.
There is exactly the same amount of evidence for both. In fact, there's more evidence for Santa Claus, as humans dressed in red and white, and reindeer, are actually known to exist.
Yes, I always put it up early Dec, was a team effort with the kids and me.... managed to explain to my daughter that whilst you want your tree to look nice, the objective is "family fun" therefore if her brother puts a bauble in a spot where she doesn't like it... she needs to just let it be
Been there, have done the domestics over the Christmas tree.(boy and girl a year apart in age but aeons in taste)
I told my kids when you stop believing in Santa, Santa will stop showing up with gifts. Now, they get up early, get themselves, their spouses, and their children dressed in pajamas, show up at my house before daylight, and see what Santa brought. My living room will have 14 pajama clad people in it and it will still be dark outside.
My parents never answered clealry, they always just said 'what do you think?' They eventually let me stay up to find out.
When I asked my mother, she gave me a math test. How long would it take for Santa to stop at every house in the world? I thought for a moment and then accepted this harsh reality of life - Santa only visits our house!
Christmas is a fraud. Jesus was never born on Dec 25. He was likely born during the fall. The clue is in the bible. The holiday in fact is a pagan holiday celebrating a sun god which is really Satan.
Is this your strategy... what's wrong with you! I could be slashing my wrists right now. What happened to breaking the news gently?
I don't what this has to do with Trump. I prefer Trump over Hillary for the simple fact he is lesser than the two evil. It's actual science this isn't science fiction. String theory and all these proves it.
The History of Christmas https://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm The True Meaning Of Christ-Mass http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract4.html
There is no Santa? Wait....what? But I saw the reindeer crap the reindeer left on our roof and two shingles were missing. I'm finding it hard to believe anyone other than Santa knows how to park a reindeer sled on our roof. This must be a fake news thing. Damn it I almost believe it.
Most of us figured out early on in life that the Santa Claus story was a logistical and physical impossibility. Most of us were savvy enough to hedge our bets and play along with the narrative, particularly when our parents were within earshot.
Figured out? I never had to figure it out. I knew as soon I was exposed to it. I told a boy in class Santa didn't exist and he got very sad.