We chose not to tell our children about Santa for pretty much the same reasons. I've got Aspergers myself. I remember just feeling absolutely betrayed as a 1st grader when I caught my parents putting out the presents that said 'from Santa' on them and I didn't want my children to experience the same thing. I explained to the kids that other kids believe that Santa exists. Same as some kids believe their parents go to the hospital and the doctor gives them their new baby sibling. But I wanted to tell them the truth because I was hurt when I was a kid and I didn't want them to feel the same way. They respected that and didn't tell the other kids the truth about Santa (unfortunately, my oldest daughter insisted in her kindergarten class that babies came out of Mommy's vagina and I had to come to school to explain to her why that wasn't good - was working as a Midwife at the time so she knew more than your normal child)
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Date: 2010-12-03 12:04 am (UTC)