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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Bad call lying to him, you should have just used the opportunity to tell him the truth about Santa. Now he will probably go back to school and call the kid a liar and look silly, possibly get made fun of.
What's the point of lying to him about Santa after the story was outed at school? Sounds like you are making this whole Santa thing more about yourself rather than your kid. Sounds like you aren't ready for your kid to grow up.
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I appreciate your psychoanalysis of my motivations, but one kid saying Santa isn't real to a class of 28 other kids who believe he is doesn't exactly 'out' Santa. It's not about me not wanting my kid to grow up - naivety has its perks and I don't want to be unnecessarily hasty in taking away some of the wonder of innocence.
My kids are so excited about Santa coming in a couple of weeks. They talk to the elf on the shelf every morning. Why on God's green earth would I want to take that away from them 20 days before Christmas? Just because some other kid's parents aren't good at keeping an age-old Christmas secret? If it becomes a bullying problem for my kid (lol), I'll adjust my approach. I think for now I'll stick with the majority of parents and let my 7-year-old believe in Old Saint Nick for at least this Christmas.