Oh boy here we go again. Obvioulsy with 8 children this question is bound to come up, but for some reason I just can’t deal with it.
For personal reasons which I won’t get into here I had to tell my oldest daughter that Santa wasn’t real when she was young – 7 years old to be exact. It broke my heart but unfortunately it had to be done. she cried. Hard. Told me it wasn’t fair and cried for an hour.
Perhaps it is because of this I am hesitant to answer any questions about Santa Claus to any of my other children. I have this crazy feeling that if I speak out their innocence will be lost forever…….. Seriously that is ridiculous I know, but i can’t help it.
The other day my 10yr old son kept asking me if Santa is real. The conversation went something like this:
“Mom is Santa really real?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
“Because I want to know.”
“He is real if you believe he is real.”
“What the heck kinda of answer is that?! Seriously is he real?”
“If I say No then you will be mad, and if I say Yes you will not believe me.”
“No seriously, I just want to know. A bunch of my friends say it is just the kids parents pretending to be Santa.”
“What do you believe?”
“I don’t know.”
“Okay then come back and ask me when you know what you believe.”
Holy crap did I work myself around that or what? It is so hard and I really hate this! I have no idea how to answer this question, and it has come up from my older son who has aspergers and still believes. I need to really tell him the truth but I can’t force myself to do it. OMG What the heck is wrong with me? lol.
So here is my wish – please give me some suggestions on how to handle this topic – please!
Untill next time,
Chantel,momof8crazymonkeys
A person has to have existed/exist, if another person is pretending to be them. if your parents are “pretending” to be santa clause it means that he must have/does exist.
on another hand.
“is your parent real?”
So if they are santa plus the fact that your parent is real = stanta clause is real.
my oldest is questioning hard but she still believes because there’s NO WAY we would buy an wii _and_ a flat screen for christmas 🙂
but, i will say when the time comes (and i believe this) that santa may not be a real man but i know he is real as he lives in all of us with his generosity and love. looks hokey when i actually write that down 🙂
i don’t remember being crushed when i found out and my parents still gave us santa gifts. up until the day i left home i insisted that the ‘santa gifts’ not be put out until christmas eve after i went to bed. the sight of the gifts magically expanding even knowing the truth was always awesome for me.