11yo DS still believes in Father Christmas

[Wanda99]

My 11yo son still firmly believes in Father Christmas, despite questioning it a few years ago. I think I should tell him now, especially as he has moved up to secondary school, but my husband doesn't agree. He's worried DS will tell our much younger DD and spoil all the magic. What do you think?

How old is your youngest? Honestly Father Christmas ok up to the age of 4 or 5. I can't work out how you've got to 11.
What did you say when he questioned?

Well surely you just tell him not to tell the younger DC? Much better to talk to him and get him included in keeping the magic for the younger ones rather than him finding out and blabbing?

Are you sure he does actually still believe? Especially since he was questioning it a few years ago, it seems very unlikely that he doesn’t know. I remember i knew it wasn’t real but pretended to my mum and dad that I still believed. I think I didn’t want to spoil the magic for them and also worried I would get less presents from “Santa” if they knew I knew it wasn’t real! Ha!

I had the same dilemma with my youngest son, eventually decided that he needed to know especially as he was going to senior school as kids can be cruel.
We basically in a nutshell told him believing in Father Christmas was a really old tradition and while we weren't completely sure if he was real or not that some people believe in the idea of Father Christmas but there's some that just don't but the most important thing is to believe in the spirit of Father Christmas.
He thought about it for a while came back and told me not to mention it to any small children as they would be devastated 🥹

Hi NoKnit, my youngest is 6. She believes in Santa and fairies

PolaroidPrincess - he's a bit of a blabbermouth but I think this is what I'll have to do!

Anonymous22224 Yes I'm very sure. He questioned it years ago. I'm good at making up magical stories and he's also young for his age. We live in a country where Christmas is not as celebrated as in the uk, so it's not a hot topic amongst the kids.

HappyNannie - yes this is what concerns me too. Now that he's mixing with much older kids the chances of being humiliated are much higher. I think I'm going to have to tell him. I like the way you explained it though, I might borrow your words!