Tell your kids the truth: Santa is real<\/a><\/p>\nI remember when Susie Denk told me in third grade that there was no Santa. I immediately \u00adreported this to my mother. My mom asked, \u201cWell, what do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cIt\u2019s sad that Susie Denk doesn\u2019t believe in him, because now Santa won\u2019t come to her house.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mom agreed and changed the subject. No harm, no foul.<\/p>\n
Remember, when you tell your kid there is no Santa, your kid will run to school to tell another kid. And I hate to break it to you, but your kid isn\u2019t going to break the news in a gentle, understanding, empathetic way.<\/p>\n
Your kid is going to run up to the nearest kid and say, \u201cHey, Ralph, guess what? There\u2019s no Santa. It\u2019s your parents leaving presents \u00adunder the tree. Don\u2019t you feel stupid, you sap!\u201d<\/p>\n
And why is your little angel \u00adbeing so mean to poor, hapless Ralph? Maybe because she\u2019s pissed off that she was told \u201cthe truth\u201d by her dopey parents. So now she has to make her happy peers miserable.<\/p>\n
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