5 Ways to Tell Your Kids the Truth about Santa
4. Empower the child
One great way of helping your kids manage with the truth about Santa is by encouraging them to help the younger siblings believe in the magic of Santa Claus. This secret keeping responsibility will make your child feel like a grown up and help realize the truth in a more realistic manner.
5. Teach them to spread the spirit of Christmas
Make your kid understand that Santa is a symbol of love and giving and embodies the actual spirit of Christmas. Santa is a magical spirit who lives in all of us and he is alive only for those who believe in him. Tell your kids that if their friends insist that Santa is unreal, he might not be living in them. Tell your child that you strongly trust in the magic of love and the act of giving, and that this is what Santa Claus symbolizes. Your kid should be told that we all need to help the needy, as how Santa did always.
If you want to make your kids understand the real essence of Christmas and the truth about Santa Claus, help them make the transition gradually, so that the magic can still exist but in a more mature way.
