My husband and I were talking about whether to tell our 3 year old about Santa or not, but before we could he asked if Santa is real and I couldn't lie and say yes. So, we talked about how Santa is pretend like his superheros and favorite Disney characters, but he's a fun part of Christmas. We also told him it's ok if other kids think Santa is real, but we don't need to take away the fun and tell them he's pretend. My daycare kids talk about Santa and so far so good.

Then, we talked to our son about the real meaning of Christmas and told him about St. Nicholas who was real and did very good things for people. We still read books with Santa in them and color pages and such.

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