Father Christmas. At what age "should" kids stop believing in him?

[dicko]

You should never ever tell them.
My brother and his wife, belonging to some religious lot, told their children of 8yrs old and 4 yrs old that it was a lie he doesn’t exist and your not getting any presents either.
Mother went ballistic when she was told by their kids which further upset our Mum.
My children quickly stepped in and secretly gave some of their presents to the poor kids.
These days they won’t have much to do with their parents, can’t blame them

 

[Dave7]

You should never ever tell them.
My brother and his wife, belonging to some religious lot, told their children of 8yrs old and 4 yrs old that it was a lie he doesn’t exist and your not getting any presents either.
Mother went ballistic when she was told by their kids which further upset our Mum.
My children quickly stepped in and secretly gave some of their presents to the poor kids.
These days they won’t have much to do with their parents, can’t blame them

Let me guess what religion that was.
Errrhh does it begin with a J ??

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Let me guess what religion that was.
Errrhh does it begin with a J ??

There are quite a few

problem with religion is that you have to believe in the right version of the right one and then "they" define what is right and wrong

whether it is fun or good or does no harm - or not

 

[dicko]

Let me guess what religion that was.
Errrhh does it begin with a J ??

Baptist, if it ain’t in the good book it never happened

 

[craigwend]

View: https://youtu.be/VcjzHMhBtf0?si=twzEji9XRc3CNbMY

 

[Moon bunny]

has a friend who's 14 year old daughter still believes he is real.

Future Archbishop of Canterbury, right there.

 

[bonzobanana]

I don't think I ever believed in Santa Claus but despite that still thought of Christmas a magical time with amazing atmosphere. It's a bit like if I go into Church which have an amazing ambience and atmosphere but have no believe in god at all. I still find religion interesting as a cultural thing. As you get older and realise your own mortality and being closer to death it would be nice to deny reality a bit and pretend when I die I'm going to a wonderful place but sadly not something I'm capable of. I'm just going to rot like everyone else. Sorry about that not very christmassy.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Hampshire pupils 'sob' as vicar discusses existence of Santa - BBC NEWS!

Vicar sobs as Hampshire pupils discuss the existence of God

 

[welsh dragon]

The longer they believe the better in my opinion. Aged 8 or 9 the whole neighbourhood got together and chose that years Santa Clause. He would go round to all the houses on the street bringing small toys and talking to all of us. It was magical.

 

[Kingfisher101]

Vicar sobs as Hampshire pupils discuss the existence of God

Stupid the whole thing. Obviously children who are 10/11 will not believe in Santa. By 5ish most children know its their parents etc. Really the whole thing should be stopped because its just totally stupid.
Older kids at school tell the little ones anyway .Kids just carry on with the pretence because they want the gifts obviously.

 

[Cathryn]

There is no need to ever tell them.

 

[All uphill]

Beliefs like ‘justice’, ‘mercy’ and so on? :-)

Those I could understand

 

[ColinJ]

Vicar sobs as Hampshire pupils discuss the existence of God

That was my reaction too!

Stupid the whole thing. Obviously children who are 10/11 will not believe in Santa.

See my post above! I think that my niece and nephew were about 10/11 at the time when my sister warned me not to tell them the truth...

 

[welsh dragon]

Stupid the whole thing. Obviously children who are 10/11 will not believe in Santa. By 5ish most children know its their parents etc. Really the whole thing should be stopped because its just totally stupid.
Older kids at school tell the little ones anyway .Kids just carry on with the pretence because they want the gifts obviously.

I bet you are a real barrel of laughs at parties.

 

[dicko]

One of the most satisfying things you could possibly do is creep into their bedrooms and leave the stocking on their beds. It’s a very satisfying feeling as the pair of you sneak back to bed. In the morning the joy of receiving Santas gifts is shown on their faces and they sit in bed with mum and dad and show their gifts.
We never told them but they knew don’t spoil the magic.