Santa Claus & Tooth Fairy?

When should you tell your child the truth about Santa Claus and the tooth Fairy? My daughter just turned 8 and is in 2nd grade. I know she is starting to have doubts, kids at school are starting to talk. Should i go ahead and tell her before Christmas or wait til after Christmas?

Santa Claus %26amp; Tooth Fairy?
wait til after christmas, give her one last year of joy lol. Its not like christmas is 8months from now, its just not even 2 she wont make up her mind in that short a period of time anyway ;)
Reply:leave it alone shell figure it out herself, just be prepared for the onslaught of questions when she does
Reply:wait until after Christmas i was in the 5th grade before i ever found out and now i'm not so sure if i want my child to believe in Santa Claus or not
Reply:Santa Claus (St. Nicholas) was real. The Tooth Fairy was a lie you should have never told your child.
Reply:Most kids don't believe way before parents think, I'd have a talk with her...better to come from you that some cruel kid at school.
Reply:ohhh come on. wait til after xmas!!! you're soo goin to ruin the spirit of xmas.





**i found out because i caught my dad ringing the doorbell and a gift was on the doorstep. lol.**
Reply:Let her have just one more Christmas where she still believes! I was around 9 or so when I found out all that stuff was a lie...so just let her be a "kid" for a little while longer! It's good for her! She will appreciate it later! Hope I helped...good luck with whatever you choose!





But, if she asks you directly, I wouldn't lie to her...cause when you do eventually tell her the truth she may be mad at you for lieing! Just my opinion, though!
Reply:Tell her what? That Santa is not real?





Santa is real, he may not be around any more but he was once a living person. I would explain that to them.





Tell them the Tooth Fairy is you. I don't see the trauma here.
Reply:I have no children, but (believe it or not) I was once a child myself.





I think that you should be honest with your kids if they ask. Tell them it's a game to pretend there is a Santa.





Since kids relate to imaginitive games, they will understand what you are saying.
Reply:My parents told me that Santa was very real, and that he lives as long as the spirit of giving is alive. They told me that he wasn't a person that I could talk to, but that people all over the world believed in him, and did things in his name - and that made him as real as anyone.





The people at the mall are not "Santa Claus" per se, but they are there to spread the joy of Christmas and of giving, and to bring happiness and wonder to the lives of children, and it's that spirit and those acts of love and wonder that keeps Santa alive.





I didn't fully understand at the time, but I was able to still believe, even though I understood he wasn't a real person. I still believe those things today.
Reply:I let my daughter believe it until she was 9 and think you should allow it to go on as long as you possibly can. I always would always lovingly tell her that if you believe in your heart that there's a Santa Claus then that is your choice and nobody can make you feel bad about choosing to believe that there's a Santa!





About a month before Christmas she really was getting on me about if he was real or not, that all her friends say it's their parents and not SANTA. I couldn't hold it in anymore, because no matter how much talking around it I would do she'd just come out and say mom, is there a Santa or not? So I finally broke down and told her, she was heartbroken. Then she really cried when she found out that there wasn't a Tooth Fairy or an Easter bunny either. Ugh!





It's part of life though! The decision is yours.
Reply:Why take the fun out of the innocence of childhood.





Let her figure it out on her own -- she may even know already.





My daughter, now 19, told me that she knew when she was 7 but didn't want to let on because she thought she would receive less presents.
Reply:Let her find it out by herself, it's more worthy for a fact to be known that way ^^





~Ming~
Reply:i'm 19 and i still remember how i figured it out. you don't probably don't have to tell her unless she's a very sensitive person. she should be able to figure it out herself and if she gets a chance to think about it she won't get mad. i found out for certain in 3rd grade and realized that all the parents do it. i never talked about it with my parents but they knew i figured it out. when i visit on christmas and my little sister (9) and brother (6) are around i'll say "hey look at this cool present santa gave me!".
Reply:Who says santa is not real? To use the famous words of Charlie Calvin from "Santa Clause 2" - "Seeing isn't believing - Believing is seeing"


Give 'em one more magical Christmas - they'll figure it out soon enough.
Reply:unless she ask you if santa is real then dont tell her. same with the tooth fairy.
Reply:My children are 12, 10, 8, 6 and almost 3. We told them shortly before Easter of 2005 the truth about all of that stuff. We explained that it didn't mean things would change as far as gift giving, but that they would know where it really came from. There are multiple reasons for this. Number one is we have become very active in our church and one of ur Bible Study classes pointed out that teaching kids that there is anothe omnicient being out there, is wrong and against God. number two is that we are not as well off as many of the other families in our community, so in order for our children to understand that this "being" doesn't prefer the other children, and give thme better presents, we tell the truth and they understand that Mom and Dad don't have that kind of money.
Reply:hmmmm..... funny this comes up today on answers. just yesterday my 3rd grade daughter, who turns 8 on dec 20th, was telling me about this horse she wants for christmas. it's not real, but it really walks and really eats. i said it didn't exist.... she said santa could make it exist...... unless santa is you and dad. HOLY COW i think to myself. ummmmm........ pause...... why would you think mom and dad are santa, dear? didn't get a real answer to that one. anyway, i have a feeling the kids in school are talking about it.





anwyay, to answer your question, wait till after if you can. good luck !!
Reply:Let it go as long as you can...let her enjoy the fantasy of being a child a little bit longer! My son is 7 and still believes. I also tell him "When you stop believing, they stop visiting" :) It keeps the spirit alive %26amp; fun!!
Reply:You shouldn't tell her at all! If she has doubts and asks you about it, tell her that "if you don't believe then there is no reason for them to come!" Tell her you still believe in them. That should make her wonder for a bit, even if she does figure it out she still won't say anything because if she does, she won't get a darn thing!
Reply:I have a 6 year old. She has already asked around the "Santa" question. I told her that believing is in our hearts. The spirit of giving is something people do, and as long as we believe in giving, "Santa" will exist. I told her I believe, because there is so much charity around Christmas, how could you not. I also have her help "Santa" by making a stocking for her Grandad and Dad. This lets her know that she is helping, and the spirit of giving is alive through her. I did not tell her any of this however, until she asked.


As for the tooth fairy. She still believes in that, and I'm not going to change that until she questions me about it. Children should stay children for as long as possible.
Reply:No don't tell her, I never told my daughter unfortunately she started having doubts and kids at school told her about, she never questioned me about it, she just one day said there isn't any such thing, and left it at that. Even when I told her well how do you know...she said santa's handwriting and mine can't be the same lol..she wasn't mad about it or anything...but I think if you tell them before they fully have they're doubts you might ruin things for them.
Reply:personally i think my kid already know but we make it fun. you have to ask yourself if youre ready to give up on santa claus and the toothfairy?? If not get a fake santa ot toothfairy to make a special visit to her. They will eventually learn and its ok that u dont tell them. Just try and make the best out of it
Reply:i may be 13 but my parents let me find out for myself.they told me that if they told me it would suck the fun out of beliving in these and sotimes i beleve in santa myself.lol
Reply:She'll figure it out herself. Don't spoil it for her. Enjoy the innocence. I figured it out when I was like 5.. I can still remember it when I kept questioning my mom... And she refused to tell me and I just decided it was all a lie. Let her figure it out on her own.
Reply:I never told my son such stories. My mom did the same for me. I told him Jesus is the reason for Christmas, Easter etc. If he lost a tooth a gave him money because he was a "strong brave boy"





Tell after Christmas! Or let them figure it out on their own.