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Age limit on Santa...

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3littlemincemeatpies · 31/10/2019 22:44

Noticed quite a few posters commenting about their children or others being too old for Santa, ie a a Santa pile/stocking/letter and the whole magic that goes along side it.

I’m going to be honest, from a parent who has a 13, 11 (Just) and 7 year old (two of which are on the cusp) I find this a little sad and wonder if this is end general consensus or a miserable few.

The ideas behind the imagination and magical side of things are so much more now when I was growing up, the naughty elf, Christmas Eve box, Santa’s runway in the back garden, NORAD but still I would have been hugely deflated as a older child if I didn't have the anticipation of hanging my stocking, composing an imaginary note and waiting till my lovely dad had made us wait on Christmas morning to see if “He has been!!” before we were allowed downstairs...

I’m 39 and till this day my folks have never told Santa Clause isn’t real!! Smile

So to the people that do Santa to a certain age, genuine question how do you bridge the gap and go from Pj’s from the elf, polar express breakfasts and little souvenirs left from Santa on Christmas Morning to nothing because as a 9-(albeit slightly naive) young teen I would have been heartbroken, despite secretly knowing that Santa was mostly magic dust for my parents to stop everything...

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BlastEndedSkrewt · 07/11/2019 11:16

no age limit - Santa is real [santa]

BarbedBloom · 08/11/2019 01:07

I realised at age 7 when i set a trap for Santa. My poor mother. Blush I do think you need to say before secondary as I still remember how a poor kid was teased at start of secondary for still believing in Santa. They still talked about it when he was in sixth form.

But it doesn't need to be the end of the magic. My husband is 40 and we still have stockings and put out a snack for Santa and it is a challenge who eats it first without the other noticing. My older nephew has worked it out now I think, but he still gets the youngest excited by talking about bells and such

piesforever · 11/11/2019 20:10

How old is too old for a Grotto? My 12 yo girl was gutted when I suggested she might be too big and my dh said she'd be like Will Ferrell in Elf with the little elf kids 😂

KipperTheFrog · 11/11/2019 20:17

I'm 32 and my parents never told me Santa isn't real. I got stockings at home till I moved out, then DH and I started doing them for each other. DD1's first Christmas I had a moment of "what if he is real, he'll be pissed off to find I've already filled her stocking!".
As an older child/teen, when I asked my parents, they turned the question back to me. They also said if I dont believe i wont get presents! I dont know when/if I ever stopped believing.
I'll probably follow a similar line with my DD's. I dont think theres an age limit, Santa is the magic of Christmas. The spirit of giving.

NeedAnExpert · 11/11/2019 20:41

They also said if I dont believe i wont get presents!

How very early Christian. It’s slightly gentler than “convert or die”, I guess. Confused

The spirit of giving.

In light of the above, really?!

KipperTheFrog · 11/11/2019 20:45

Presents from Santa were the stockings. Hardly a big deal! They never said I wouldn’t get presents from them. Makes sense to not get presents from someone you don’t believe exists.

choli · 11/11/2019 20:50

7 seems to be the age most people I know figured it out. Most pretended to continue to believe to please their parents.

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