(Since you&#x27;re stirring up the pot) Is it really rare and absurd to tell kids about Santa without trying to make them believe he&#x27;s real?<p>I&#x27;m not a parent so please do enlighten me as to why kids <i>should</i> believe in a made-up entity, up until some arbitrary age at which point they <i>should</i> be told the truth. Is this some perverse initiation to getting your heart broken or something?<p>I was raised with the whole santa bells &amp; whistles without ever being told &quot;by the way, he&#x27;s <i>real</i>&quot;. As far as childhoods go it was pretty uneventful and christmas was always fun. Did I miss some crucial childhood enlightenment?