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When do kids stop believing in Santa?
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As I'm now too old to remember when I myself stopped, is there a "rule of thumb" for what age kids are when they stop believing in
a) Santa Claus?
b) the Christmas Fairy (who puts the tree up)?
c) the Tooth Fairy?
a) Santa Claus?
b) the Christmas Fairy (who puts the tree up)?
c) the Tooth Fairy?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think I believed in them all including the easter bunny until I was about 10 (apart from the Christmas Fairy who I've never heard of)! But I think its different now, kids grow up too fast and don't look cool if they don't think the same as their mates so maybe it depends on who they hang about with. I'd say kids would work it out now long before they were 10 but I might be wrong!
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I think kids actually stop believing as soon as they reach the age where they think things out logically, usually about 7 or 8 (or in Whiskey's case 12 ;o).
I have never heard of the Christmas Fairy putting the tree up, unless I am the Christmas Fairy (some fairy!!!!) The kids always helped with the tree.
I have never heard of the Christmas Fairy putting the tree up, unless I am the Christmas Fairy (some fairy!!!!) The kids always helped with the tree.
Call me an old grump (no - really....) but I actually think its utterly daft to encourage children to believe in Father Christmas as currently promoted by the consumerist media.
The Christmas Spirit (as described in 'Christmas Carol), St Nicholas, are all fine stories, and may have some root in ancient beliefs and are none the worse for that, and are great for re-telling at his time of year.
But the very thought of a child at the age of 8+ being encouraged not to distinguish between fact and fiction just freaks me.
That and the fact that 'Santa' in his current guise was invented by the Coca-Cola corporation as a marketing device.
Bah, humbug. An if any of them ghosts of christmas come bothering me I'll throw Derek Acorah at them.
Last whinge - lets invent a few to encourage the youngsters to look after us: what about the Piles Elf; Mother Bunion who leaves comfy slippers; and the Good Housekeeping Fairy who cleans like a white tornado.....
The Christmas Spirit (as described in 'Christmas Carol), St Nicholas, are all fine stories, and may have some root in ancient beliefs and are none the worse for that, and are great for re-telling at his time of year.
But the very thought of a child at the age of 8+ being encouraged not to distinguish between fact and fiction just freaks me.
That and the fact that 'Santa' in his current guise was invented by the Coca-Cola corporation as a marketing device.
Bah, humbug. An if any of them ghosts of christmas come bothering me I'll throw Derek Acorah at them.
Last whinge - lets invent a few to encourage the youngsters to look after us: what about the Piles Elf; Mother Bunion who leaves comfy slippers; and the Good Housekeeping Fairy who cleans like a white tornado.....
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