Kat asked:


Before a child says that someone at school said this awful lie about Santa not being real, is there a way that we as parents can somehow explain the truth w/o our children feeling as though they have been lied to? Do we make up another story to soften the blow of the truth? When I was 5 yrs old, my brother told me the ugly truth, & that memory is engraved in my mind with the details of where we were & what was said. But, I am not ruined as an adult because of it. I still love Christmas and everything that comes w/ it. My daughter is now 5 yrs old and knows the reason for Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, but she, like every other kid, loves Santa. Each year we write our letter, take Santa pics & set out milk & cookies. Should I tell her? When? How? What about her baby bro? Do we eventually ask her to lie to him? HELP!

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