The Secret of Santa Clause

Lachoneus is 8 years old. He is typically satisfied with what Ster and I teach him. The answers we supply.
Tiberias is 6 years old and not as teachable. And this year he was asking the hard questions about Santa's existence. "If there is no such thing as real magic in the world then how does Santa's sleigh fly?!"

I never wanted to lie to my kids about Santa. Before Ster and I had to deal with this I knew we had to decide how we were going to do Christmas for the kids. I considered doing no Santa from the git go and focus on the true meanings of Christmas.
But in the end we decided that the best option was Santa Clause. Why? Because 1) most American children are taught about Santa in their own homes and any child who isn't taught that ruins the fun for other children. 2) It's fun to play that there is a Santa.

We only kept it going to long with Luke because he has this adorable child spirit and belief system. He is humble and teachable and happy.
So when Luke asked a couple years ago "Is Santa real?" I replied "Some people believe in Santa and some people don't. You decide what you believe." That worked great. He was happy and he chose to believe.

But this year both boys were pushing me to tell them the truth. Tiberias may be 6 but he is only in Kindergarten. I don't want him telling a single friend the truth about Santa!


So last night Sterling and I had a talk with the boys. I was nervous because I didn't want it to seem to them like "Hey boys, guess what, we have lied to you your whole life." I wanted it to be special like I have heard of other parents doing. A passing down a secret that only those old enough in spirit could be  apart of and help keep the magic alive for the younger children.

So I made sure to do all the talking. I didn't tell Sterling that...I didn't want to hurt his feelings. But he is not as gentle about these sort of things.

My boys were not upset. They took it great and agreed to not tell other children. They agreed to help keep the magic alive for Athena, friends at school and cousins when we got to Grandma's soon.

I am so glad that is over!

And I am so proud of my boys.