@ghostwriter and I decided from the beginning that we would NEVER do the santa thing. It put the spirit and energy of the holidays in the wrong place.

We've never put presents under the tree from Santa, they've always known that every present they ever got was because someone who loved them worked hard to either make it, or make the money to buy it for them.

We've never ever said he was real, and every time one of our kids has asked we've always been honest that it was a game some parents play with their kids to get them to be good. But we don't do that because expect you to be good without the game.

Nevertheless, our youngest is insisting there that Santa is real. Even in the face of mom, dad, brother and sister point blank saying no.

He's saying yes.
There's no arguing with him about it.
So we pretty much gave up at that point.

Let them believe, I'm not so sure it's a lie anymore, so much as a rite of passage.