Reply #17: Here's what I had told him about Santa: [View All]

[Duer 157099]

I don't know where I came up with this idea, but it just came out and I went with it. It was improvisational because, I had thought he already didn't believe and so would appreciate being treated as a young adult -- so I started by saying Santa wasn't coming this year (last year) and when I saw his reaction, I had to quickly cover as fast as I could. (oh what a tangled web we weave...)

I told him that every parent, before their child is born, makes an agreement with Santa about how long to bring toys. I told him that Santa needs to focus on the younger kids, and that as kids get older, they sort of have to relinquish their place on the list. I told him that the agreement also said that I would pick up Santa's slack.

So, I told him that the age that I had decided upon, before he was born, was 12.

That was my story, and he's sticking to it.

When the first tooth fairy incident came up after that point, he intuited that the same deal applied, and he asked me to confirm it, which I did.

He just hasn't yet asked about Easter. I think I'll just keep going along this storyline....