I'm always shocked on here by the children who still believe in Santa at 10, it doesn't seem quite right somehow that children haven't figured it out by then. I always thought that maybe they were a bit immature for their age. I never believed in him, I always knew it was my grandfather in a santa suit. He was very tall and slim and most unsanta like.
I pretended to believe to keep the adults happy but at 4 I most certainly didn't.
Anyway I was chatting with my 40 year old son on the phone last night, he is a complete atheist and believes in nothing.
I said at what age did you stop believing in santa and he said older than it's socially acceptable maybe around 10/11.
I was totally gobsmacked, I didn't know he believed at all, certainly I never lied to him about it, I guess we just never discussed it.
Apparently his grandmother did such a good job of making it happen - footprints in flour etc that he really thought it was true.
I'm absolutely astounded.