carrie1977
Sweet Shoppe SugarBabe
Mine are 9 and 5 and they both still believe. 
When did your kiddos stop believing?
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Well, this makes me feel better. Today my 8 year old said, "who fills our stockings, you or Santa?" I automatically said Santa and she asked if he was real. I wasn't prepared for that and tried to change the subject! But I think I will talk to her about it more tomorrow. We don't make a big deal about Santa at ALL because I have a hard time doing it! So I shouldn't be surprised. I know she will play along for the others. I believed forEVER. Until my friend told me... and I pretended I already knew because I felt dumb.
lovely1m
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I don't remember how old I was, but I do know my mom insisted that we had to believe or get nothing. So I still say he's real for her. I love it. My son is 6 and I was just wondering how many more years ill get. He had no siblings, but I think I'll do what my mom did. Last year, he asked about the different santas and how they can sit places. So I just told him those people were santas helpers and they report back to Santa. He was good with that and mentioned it this year.
My 10 1/2 year old just forced me to tell her the truth this year. She still wanted to believe, but all her friends were telling her he wasn't real. I was sad!! She took it well though and now she thinks her dad is the coolest thing EVER for actually building her a tether ball court in our back yard 2 years ago when she thought it was from Santa til now. :thumbup:
MissKim
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As a child, I never believed in Santa. My mom grew up not even knowing about him (her family was Amish) so she didn't do it for us. She would write "from Santa" on one of the gifts but it would sit under the tree for a week or more so I was smart enough to figure it out.
My sister and I both do the Santa thing big... and believe it or not, this is the first year all 3 of my kids have let me know they no longer believe. My kids are 18, 16 and almost 13. I've always told them that if they don't believe, they don't gifts from Santa (because one of my son's teachers told him at 5 there is no Santa and I didn't want him to spoil it for his sisters and he's spent 13 years playing along so that he'll still get a gift). I actually thought my youngest was still a believer until my older kids popped that bubble this year and told me she hasn't believed since she was 6. None of them wanted to hurt my feelings, so they kept it to themselves all these year. I really have great kids.
My sister and I both do the Santa thing big... and believe it or not, this is the first year all 3 of my kids have let me know they no longer believe. My kids are 18, 16 and almost 13. I've always told them that if they don't believe, they don't gifts from Santa (because one of my son's teachers told him at 5 there is no Santa and I didn't want him to spoil it for his sisters and he's spent 13 years playing along so that he'll still get a gift). I actually thought my youngest was still a believer until my older kids popped that bubble this year and told me she hasn't believed since she was 6. None of them wanted to hurt my feelings, so they kept it to themselves all these year. I really have great kids.