'I don't have the heart to tell my son the truth about Santa – he keeps crying about it'

A mum has go precise acrophobic astir however attached to the thought of Santa her lad is, and arsenic a result, she had to get originative erstwhile helium asked whether oregon not the Christmas quality was real

If you're a parent, determination volition travel a time erstwhile your small 1 wakes up to the information astir Santa – but immoderate volition beryllium much affectional than others astir it.

Christmas is 1 of the astir magical times of the year, particularly erstwhile you're a kid, and you don't adjacent question whether he's existent due to the fact that he's bringing you presents, you're putting retired treats for him and Rudolph, and the ambiance is amazing.

But 1 mum was near mortified erstwhile her eight-year-old lad kept asking her astir Santa, and whether helium was real, and she felt arsenic though she couldn't outright archer him the truth, but besides didn't privation to "keep lying" to him.

She took to Mumsnet to explicate that implicit the "last mates of months", her eight-year-old has been approaching her, "eyes bedewed saying 'is Father Christmas real'?!"

She wrote: "When I springiness teeny bits of information similar 'it not existent that helium tin perceive your concealed wishes' (a occupation we had past twelvemonth was helium 'secretly asked Father Christmas to bring mummy something'!) helium burst into full-on floods of tears and wails 'so he's not reeeeeal?!' and the lone mode I've been capable to console him is to past reenforce different bits of the fantasy, e.g. that we person to nonstop Father Christmas letters to accidental what we privation for..."

The distressed mum said that helium was "full of tears" erstwhile again erstwhile helium approached her asking 'so it's not you delivering the presents?'. "I tried to distract them with 'don't we each bask the thought of magic?' but helium was insistent and said, 'Do you present the presents???' and, justified by the information that I don't – chiefly it's Amazon – I said nary I don't present them. Again, helium looked truthful relieved."

She said that she'd ne'er had this contented with her daughter, his older sister, arsenic "she stopped believing successful a nice, gentle, chiefly unspoken, way," and helps "maintain the magic" for her younger brother, arsenic she knows Christmas is important to him.

She explained her lad is "genuinely truthful upset", saying: "I deliberation helium loves the ideas truthful overmuch and believed truthful completely, helium genuinely doesn't privation to beryllium told we've each conscionable been telling him a large abdominous lie." She said that she didn't deliberation he'd go truthful "emotionally attached" to the thought of Santa, saying that it was possibly "stupid" of her.

In the comments, immoderate parents suggested that she should conscionable archer him and beryllium honest. One wrote: "Why not conscionable archer him the truth? Surely it would beryllium amended to 'rip the plaster off' alternatively than repeatedly disappoint and upset him implicit tiny aspects? There are plentifulness of ways to marque Christmas magical (it’s astir loving and caring for others) without lying to your kids."

Another said: "Aw, 8 is inactive truthful young, and helium seems to privation to believe! I would promote that for now, but possibly with a twist, similar Father Christmas is the tone of Christmas, and nary substance who brings the presents his tone is the 1 who drives it. Maybe sometimes we and Amazon assistance him retired arsenic helium has truthful galore kids to cover, and we are capable to assistance out, truthful sometimes we get you immoderate too.

"I realised truly young arsenic my mum kept leaving stickers connected presents, I was lone 4, I privation I’d had a fewer much years. If helium wants to believe, I’d fto him! You’ve lone got a twelvemonth oregon 2 left."

Someone other penned: "It sounds similar helium is getting confused by your responses and reactions. Time to archer him arsenic different you’re dragging retired thing helium is intelligibly rather bothered by."