Why can't kids keep secrets? If parents are going to spoil the fun of Christmas to their kids then they need to make sure they tell them not to spoil it for other kids. The time came last night to fill Braxton in on the secret about Christmas. During our little conversation about it he questioned the pictures that were taken at Christmas by Santa. "But the hat is real Mom," he said. Through sadness and tears he now knows the truth. I told him I was in third grade when I found out too and cried as well. We had a great discussion about him being able to help us out a bit and I think that made him feel better. I did try to put it in his mind not to say a thing to any of his friends because they still may not know the little Christmas secret. We went over what the true meaning of Christmas was again. I was able to have a spiritual experience with him and bore my testimony to him. He was able to brush the sadness aside. Although the shock of it all may still hurt a bit he will recover just like the rest of us. I told him I still Believe in my heart and in my head. After all, I know the spirit of Christmas is real from our little secret Santa a few years back. My kids are growing up. :(
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I think Cole has an idea, but has never said anything. I do not want that day to come.
How sad, your sweet little Braxton is growing up. He has such a tender heart, what a good boy.
My parents always make fun of how old I was when they had the "Christmas Talk" with me. I think I could have believed forever! It sounds like you handled it wonderfully though.
In our family we were told about Santa on our Eighth birthday. My parents explained that now that I was the age of accountability I needed to know the truth and now I got to celebrate the true meaning of christmas because I was all grown up. It went over really well with me so, Joel and I have done that with our kids and it's been great. By doing it along with being baptized then your are in the spiritual mode and they are excited to have a big secret. If you do it around Christmas then the magic of Santa takes over instead and it's much harder. This way they are looking forward to Christmas with a different excitement. We always make sure to tell them that they are part of making Christmas fun for their little siblings who aren't old enough to fully understand yet and they love that. We haven't had any problems yet and we've gone through 3 kids and have 2 left.
Oh no! What happened?? Mason still doesn't know. He's very naive and I'm wondering if he'll EVER figure it out on his own. I've thought about just telling him, but I can't bring myself to do it.
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