What age did your kids stop believing in santa?

[Onlymeyousee]

What age did your kids stop believing in Santa?

Anyone?

9yo still believes. i will tell him when he starts secondary if he hasn't worked it out by then!

11. I had to tell her when she started high school.

Ds was in yr4 age 8.

Dd yr5 aged 10.

This was our first xmas without anyone thinking Father Christmas was coming and tbh it was a bit of a relief Obv they still have stockings but I could actually take the credit for the amazing presents for once

11,9 and 3 yo all believe. 11 yo is almost 12. Swears blind she saw him fly over the house one Christmas Eve when she was about 5. If you can believe in a god, you can believe in fc.

Mine stopped at 8/9.

Same as nottakingthisanymore, had to tell Dd before high school.

My DS was 9

I genuinely can’t remember with my own son (15) but DSS who is 8 still believes.

DS was 8.

Wow. My 5yo DD announced before Christmas that she knows Santa isn't real. No one told her, she reckons she just worked it out

Eldest asked aged 11 but had of course worked it out by then! He just waned confirmation. 9 yr old has most definitely believed this year, I wonder if it will be the last... was truly magical though and big brother kept up the pretence bless him (he's 14!)

No idea! We never discussed it, and they're adults now. I guess probably around 6 or 7ish, but that really is a guess.

It was something that we never denied or confirmed, and we didn't do concrete stuff like leaving mince pies out or making footprints. No lists, and FC only brought a stocking of small things, which I think kept the possibility of him being real alive for a bit longer.

We talked about it in the same way as other myths - told the stories and the rest was down to their imagination. Less was definitely more in our household! They were still beside themselves with excitement at the magic of it all each year.

Dd worked it out aged 7. I had to tell DS at 11 before he started secondary.

My 6 year old announced in November that Santa isn’t really. His best friend told him it was us putting the presents there. Apparently she told the whole class last year (we won’t at the school so luckily dodged that). It was pretty stressful as I was worried he would tell my nieces. But once we got back to the UK for Christmas (we live overseas) he forgot it all. On Christmas morning he swore he heard Santa on the roof.

When DD was in yr1 so aged 5, she told her DF that she knew he brought the presents...however she had also told a friend at school that Santa wasn't real and friend's DM was then angry with me as she thought it was my fault for telling my DD and spoiling her DD's Christmas (or something) .

DS was 6

Ds1 12 (yes really). Ds 2 9 (2 years before ds1)

The older ones tend to believe for longer than the younger ones. Our littlest worked it out when he was 8, our oldest was 11.

I thought DD10 had stopped believing this year but it turned out to be all for show & she was still putting out carrots for the reindeer etc on Christmas Eve 🙂

7 and seriously questioning it. We are so far denying that the carrots were back in the fridge
The IL's haven't helped with doing Santa their way.