my children are raised right off with understanding the Santa story. complete with how it began with a real live person, a monk who gave the children and adults in his town toys and presents, how people places and things become legends, and how this built into what we have today. My children also are growing up with the native american ways. Every christmas season we go to the north pole events so that they can understand about the concepts and understand that though the very first santa claus is long gone everyone can be a "santa Claus" just by being kind and caring and if you see someone in need help them, pick someone that they feel would like something from "santa"

in other words we dont believe in theres no santa. we believe there was a santa and there will always be santa's as long as children and adults carry on what the season and legend represents.

in other words no reason to tell my children there is no santa because there is a santa. there are thousands, millions and trillions of Santa's out there in the world today. it just takes taking the time to see the love, caring and positive things in each other, rather than the negative, and striking out at each other.

Im a santa, my children are santa, my wife is santa. those that give their time and energy to help the homeless are santa, those that give to another for no reason are santa's...

yes virgina (to quote the movie) there is a santa claus I will forever believe in santa as long as there are good caring people in the world and so will my children.

heres a thought,. maybe reread your posts and see if you see santa in yourselves? One of my children had to do a school activity of reading their past journal entries and see if they saw santa in them selves. I am happy to say those that keep journals in my house all saw santa in them selves