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I told my youngest daughter that Santa wasn't real at about the age of 4-5 when she started asking a lot of questions about the logistics required for Santa to actually be able to pull off that overnight world tour. Lying about the existence of Santa seemed innocent enough, but creating an entire work of fiction about where her presents came from was a little too much. I think she already knew anyway and was just testing me, lol.
My older kids just seemed to grow out of it. I don't know if they ever believed it.
I think if kids still believe once they get a grip on the world and their place in it, then they're just wanting to believe or pretending to believe for their parents.
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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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