The Science of Saying Goodbye to Santa.

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If your kids are beginning to doubt Santa, don't worry too much. Children aren't really stressed about saying bye to Santa.
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▼ Dear Parent,
Santa here. I know this season has been hard. Your eight-year-old looked at you baldfaced and said I wasn't real. How can this be? Is the innocence and magic already gone? It seems like just yesterday they were so easily convinced that crumbs on the plate were irrefutable evidence that I'd been there. And they have no respect for how hard I work to make my handwriting look just like yours!
No matter that you never got a chance to tell them I don't exist. Most children come to that conclusion themselves.
But don't worry about your kids too much. Coming to disbelieve in Santa is not particularly distressing for them. You, like many parents, are actually sadder than your  kids are about it.And they probably won't blame you for having told them I exist, either. Kids who no longer believe in me think that other kids should be encouraged to.
And a little happiness can't hurt, particularly in light of evidence that people are less happy around Christmastime,(with the exception of devout Christians).
Parenting is tough these days. I don't get a lot of news up here in the North Pole, though we've gotten a lot more since Mrs. Claus talked the elves into using pixie-dust to make a rocking horse that functions as an Amazon Echo. But from the little news we get, we can tell that people are super-judgmental about  every decision you make,including your decision to (or not to) tell your kid
Some Christians think Santa strengthens consumption as religion.  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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