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Originally Posted by Shirtninja
I can remember not being able to sleep on the night of the 24th because I wanted to wait for santa. If I had really known that all the gifts were just carefully hidden in my parents closet, the next morning would not have been as exciting or fun in my opinion. As for a lie, I think its just a fun custom and until your kids ask, enjoy the fun.
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I've never been one to lie, or carry lies further, but I think this is one of the biggest reasons for keeping the 'lie' going for as long as possible. Christmas as a kid seems to carry a bit more magic with the fact a jolly old man comes down your chimney in the middle of the night, carrying presents for you and your family, and rides off to the next family's house.
You go to bed one night, just like any other night, but the next morning, you know something special is coming from some partially unknown being, and it makes you all the more excited to see if Santa really gave you what you were hoping to get.
I think it sparks something in the child's mind, and I know my parents always had a big smile to see how excited we all were as kids to come down stairs every Christmas morning, wandering what that man in the red suit gave us.
So all-in-all, I don't think it should ever be considered wrong to perpetrate this 'lie.' With all the happiness that results from it in one's early years is too much to let go by revealing the truth before ever learning the fantasy.