HO HO HO!!!
Each year I take the kids for a picture with Santa. This was the first year with 3 boys! Ethan said he just wanted to sit next to Santa, not on his lap. He said he was too big for that. This may be his last Santa picture. (Snif, Snif!) Isaac was happy to sit on him and Lincoln didn’t seem to mind either.
I am sure Ethan doesn’t really beleive in Santa. He tells Isaac that Santa isn’t real, but Isaac wants to believe he is real and tells Ethan he is wrong. We don’t play the whole Santa thing up at our house. We don’t tell them the truth about Santa either. When they ask the tough questions we just turn them around and make them think about it and form their own opinions.
We don’t play up the whole Santa thing at our house either (all presents are addressed from mom and dad, we don’t leave out cookies etc.), so I was amazed when Will told me that if he was good, Santa would bring him talking Buzz and Woody dolls! I guess he got it from Christmas shows on t.v.. I don’t want to lie to him and I definitely don’t want him to miss the real reason for Christmas, but I do want him to enjoy the wonder and magic of this time. I think what you are doing is a good idea.