DS gutted about Santa

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DS misled me into thinking he knew about Santa and when I confirmed his thoughts he revealed he was hoping I'd correct him...and he was devastated to learn the truth. A couple of days later he still seems like he hasn't got over it. He has described how disappointed he is, doesn't know what to believe etc. Nothing I say seems to help.
Have others experienced this? I wasn't recieving such a strong reaction.

How old is he?

Personally I wouldn't mention it again and would continue with any traditions, if he wants to believe.

What age?

Aw that’s a tough one. No direct experience with this yet but if you have a google there are some nice letters to kids about this and that just because Santa isn’t real in the sense that they thought - Christmas still is magic.

www.diyncrafts.com/9189/lifehacks/4-heartwarming-letters-explain-santa-kids

They might be helpful for him/grab a few sound bites from?

He's 9. There's no going back, it's been talked about last few days. And it would have only postponed the reaction if I'd lied.
I'll have a look DinoMamasaurus thanks.

You have my sympathies, we had a very similar situation with our DS. What helped was telling him how magical it still was, how he could help us keep it magical for his sister and reassuring him that he would still get presents at Xmas and could still follow all the same traditions etc.

I was gutted too and just wanted to press the rewind button :-(

Thanks Sleep. It seems like a real loss for him. I could probably do with being a lot more specific about what will still happen, he can still write a letter etc.