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Originally Posted by Cletus Miller
Do they really believe, or have one or more of them figured out the angle? I suspect our almost 5yo of having figured it out, but keeping quiet b/c it means a gift he thinks he wouldn't get w/o the Santa angle.
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I think my seven year old has reached this stage as well. She is suspicious but afraid to say anything. She is especially suspicious that everytime she sees Santa, he looks different. Back in the day, I'd be lucky to see Santa once at the mall. Nowadays he's everywhere: at the mall, at the firestation, on the fire truck the Saturday before Christmas, at school, turning on the Christmas lights on main street). The kids aren't idiots. They're going to notice how he looks different every time. My wife blames it on how there are more and more "real beard" Santas who simply don't look at all like the "fake cottonball beard" Santas.
I have a few friends who are sick of the whole Santa deal (lying to the kids, not getting credit for buying all the gifts, wrapping the gifts in different wrapping paper, etc.) and have come close to spilling the beans just so they can move on.
