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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
kids will make up their own reasons for santas being abstract, there is too much excitement around getting presents for inconsistencies to get in the way 
I think the age where reasoning kicks in has lowered considerably since i was a kid. I think peer awareness that santa was faked kicked in about 7 years old for me, now i would imagine its first christmas at school |
In my experience it's not changed all that much, about 6 or 7 some start to realise and then they "play along" until around age 8 then all of the kids start pointing out it's not real. I'd say Christmas of 2nd year of primary was when the rumours started to circulate, it seemed that most still very much believed in the first year. My daughter was an "early sceptic" but we managed to make her more of a Santa Agnostic - she wanted to believe but she had her doubts and usually made this exact face on the topic -
. She was quite adamant about being considerate and never "leaking" this forbidden knowledge to friends or classmates though.