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Bryan Hansel Dec 26, 2022

With our 7yo, we never pretended that Santa was real. We just told the truth.

People told us that we'd regret that decision. They told us that our kid wouldn't get as much joy or magic.

I've never regretted it.

He is so appreciative of the gifts. He shows us more love over the gifts than I did to my parents who did the Santa thing. He is joyous and experiences magic.

This year he got in on the fun. He got my wife & I to buy each other the exact same gift. We had no idea and he loved it.

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Wren Birdie

@bryanhansel
When our kids were little and they kinda started to figure it out on their own, we told them that yes, there was in fact no Santa.

We told them how St Nicholas kind of turned into what we now know as Santa and the spirit of giving. And so the Santa's that we see nowadays are kinda of like deputies of sorts. They decided to take on the role of deputy Santa after that.

I think it worked for us.