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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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@bryanhansel I knew the game was up when I started going to school and the richer kids got more presents than I did. I wish my parents had just told me, but they also wanted the holiday to maintain its magic. Which it did, and it was more meaningful knowing they had spent money and work on gifts instead of someone magical.