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When I finally told my 6th grader (since I was afraid of bullying at school if she said she believed), she had to take a mental health day as she had a full-blown panic attack. She was devastated and then it suddenly dawned on her - the Elf, Easter Bunny...it just tore her up. She's always been my sweetly innocent child. It killed me that a lie I perpetrated did that to her. She calmed down and then took over the magic of moving the Elf for her little sister. I told her about bringing magic to others. Now my youngest is in 6th grade and I am wondering what to do being mere weeks from Christmas. She's more grounded so she's probably figured it out. I just don't want a repeat of 3 years ago. That hurt my mama heart.
Honestly you should have just let her figure it out for herself. You don’t even know that she would have been bullied. If she was bullied, you could’ve had a discussion with her then. Sounds like the way you ripped off the bandaid was way more traumatic than any potentially bullying (we don’t even know that would’ve happened). With Christmas just several weeks away, just don’t say anything to your 6th grader and let it ride, see what happens. I never had the conversation with my family, it was just understood. You figure it out at some point.
Those that believe, receive…
My mom never told me Santa wasn’t real. We never had that conversation. I am 35 and still get presents from Santa lol.
Same we say everyone can be Santa. My mom — who died when I was a kid — went all out for Christmas so I try to do the same but my kids also go all out for me. We are all Santa.
The school kids will take care of it for you
So, I never really told my oldest...he's 14 now, so I'm not sure when he figured it out, but he knows. My middle asked for an honest answer last winter when he was 10, so I finally gave him a straight answer. My biggest concern all along has been not having them blow it for their little brother, who is currently 8...so I'm sure I don't have long left with him believing either. I told the other two that if they blew it for him, they would no longer receive a gift 'from Santa', so it's in their best interest to play along. But I also had a nice chat with both of them last year about how Santa is based off of St. Nick (which they've always know anyway), and about how we carry on the magic to help remember that Christmas is for celebrating the gift that God gave us on the first Christmas. So eventually, we all get to participate by 'being Santa' and giving out of the goodness of our hearts to help share love and joy on Christmas without wanting anything in return.
Can you elaborate on what you mean? Do you mean get real like knowing he's real or get real like serious about asking for stuff?
My daughter is four. She's asking for all kinds of stuff from Santa. But I just tell her there's not that many elves they can't make every toy so she won't get everything.
Got it! Yeah my kids are too young for that. All about some Santa right now.