My 8 year old daughter has begun asking questions about Santa’s existence. On the way home from piano lessons tonight, she asked, “Mom, how can Santa be real.” I know it won’t be long before I’m going to have to give her straight answers to the Santa questions.
In poking around online trying to get some ideas from other parents about how they have handled this sensitive subject, I found a letter written by Martha Brockenbrough to her daughter Lucy, which answers the Santa question so beautifully that I cannot imagine any other way to tell my daughters the truth. With this letter as a parenting tool, I feel they will be given a gift that will help them keep the magic of Santa in their hearts forever regardless of the season.
Kathy Shea Mormino
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My 8 year old daughter has begun asking questions about Santa’s existence. On the way home from piano lessons tonight, she asked, “Mom, how can Santa be real.” I know it won’t be long before I’m going to have to give her straight answers to the Santa questions.
In poking around online trying to get some ideas from other parents about how they have handled this sensitive subject, I found a letter written by Martha Brockenbrough to her daughter Lucy, which answers the Santa question so beautifully that I cannot imagine any other way to tell my daughters the truth. With this letter as a parenting tool, I feel they will be given a gift that will help them keep the magic of Santa in their hearts forever regardless of the season.
That is so very sweet! My children are Teena now and remember the sadness I felt when they became "too old" to believe in Santa. Hold on to that innocence and magic that Christmas brings to children for as long as you can.
This brought tears to my eyes. That letter is wonderful! My youngest daughter is also 8 and I know her time to believe is almost over :( I actually made a banner to go over my fireplace that says "believe". I've wanted to make it for a year and finally got it done. I want my three girls to believe in everything, themselves, magic, love, God, miracles, Santa, Bigfoot, you name it I want them to think all things are possible. Thanks for sharing this. I hope to find that letter when it's my little ones time to know the… Read more »