i have a 10 year old. he found out about santa not being real last year. he was pissed, but got over it in 10 minutes. when he was younger, we discussed what we (as a family) celebrate. also in this conversation, we discussed other winter holidays/festivals in various religions. what we celebrate in our family is the "magic of christmas". we don't celebrate the birth of christ (but he needs to understand that's what others are celebrating 'round here). we celebrate family and love and winter and even santa.
so yeah. it works for us.
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