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Quote From: cdwtexas

My daughter is 8 years old and is labeled as GT at her school.  She likes Dinosaurs, science, and things she can understand because she has evidence to prove they exist.  Yet she still believes in Santa.  I know she is pretty well decided that there is no such person, and that we do all the gift giving, but she happily plays along with us and enjoys the whole charade  immensely.

You see, we explained to her that Santa Claus is more than an image, or a cartoon character.  Santa Claus is the visual embodiment of Love.  He is the spirit of loving giving that takes hold of so many of us at this time.  Whether in celebration of a particular religious observance, or simply because it makes us all feel good to collectively gather and make other people feel good.  The whole thing is about caring and sharing.   I think my child is happy to continue with the whole "believing" in Santa fantasy because all this conspires to create a wonderful time of sharing and making memories, as well as providing some pretty fun gifts for her to receive and give.  I think in her mind, the proof that Santa exists is all the decorations, lights, happy moments spent doing things together, as well her being able to shop for and give gifts to her favorite people, just because she loves them.  So as long as she feels the love, I think for her, there really Is a Santa Claus