How I tell my kids about Santa
The big question that comes up at this time of year is how do we tell the kids about Santa, how long can we keep the myth of Santa alive? It's a conundrum, I mean some kids can believe until some kid at school tells them otherwise, then they wonder if you the parent has been *gasp* lying to them all these years. Some kids stumble onto Santa gifts in the closet and though they don't know what they are at the time, Christmas morning when they are in the stocking or under the tree, the gig is up. And I guess sometimes kids never stop believing, but they know the truth. So how do we tell our kids about Santa, and why does this myth continue to have such a huge life at this time of the year? I remember when I was a kid (man a lot of my blogs are written like this) I was the kid that stumbled upon the Santa gifts in my mom's closet. I was snooping, it was my own fault. I'm not a huge one for surprises, I like to know, hence, why I found out what each of...