I have to wonder what else you’d be teaching them alongside Santa, as a necessary corollary, that might not come unstuck when Santa himself does. At that young age, you are helping them create some pretty basic ground-state assumptions about reality.
I have to wonder what else you’d be teaching them alongside Santa, as a necessary corollary, that might not come unstuck when Santa himself does. At that young age, you are helping them create some pretty basic ground-state assumptions about reality.
I’m aiming for:
Some things are real, some are pretend
It can be hard to tell them apart, and even adults will disagree
Learning how to investigate and make up your own mind is more important than specific examples in either category