re: Parents of the OT: Did you tell your kids the truth about Santa and if so, at what age?

What was your reaction when you found out about this one?

I literally had to stop my wife from walking off a bridge. Wouldn’t change it for anything, the kid, not the wife/bridge thing.

My 7 year old daughter explained to me that to be a Saint you have to be dead...and Santa is Saint Nick so how can he be real.

At six our daughter came home school one time and confided that she was upset that the other kids at school made fun of her for believing in Santa Claus. She said he exists cause her mom would never lie to her.
She came to me and asked which story is true. I told her simply that if she didn’t want presents from Santa to let me know. She’s never brought it up since and she is 13.

My son's 4. This is the first Christmas where he's really getting into Christmas and Santa. We're doing the St. Nick shoes under the stocking thing tonight. He's pumped. It's a joy to watch.

I still remember the moment pretty well when I went up to my mom when I was 8 or 9 and asked her as matter-of-factly as you can imagine, "Is Santa real?" Her response, after a warm smile and a chuckle: "No. Neither is the Easter Bunny." I took it pretty well, probably because it was wildly out of season to be thinking these things (it was summer vacation).

I told my 9 year old after last Christmas that Santa wasn't real. Then I went ahead and told him that the Easter bunny and tooth fairy were fake too. He was crushed for a few minutes, but git over it quick.

Yeah.. My Mom is 76.. She still gets gifts from Santa.. So I don't know what the frick y'all are talking about.

My son learned about Santa at 10 years old. I believe that was the approximate age of my two older children as well. They hear it at school and begin to ask questions naturally.

You're still a dick that robbed your kids of a little magic, Chris.