Your thoughts?
6th grade? They know.
it really isn’t her place, but then again she’s not done anything i would get upset about. you can tell your son, “well, Santa only comes if you believe in him!” and leave it at that. :)
Good reason to homeschool, I guess. Then you can tell them yourself.
6th grade....nah, they already know. No biggie.
You might think about breaking the news about the Tooth Fairy at this time, too. I’m just sayin’.
Um...isn’t the point of getting an education to learn the truth, not lies?
If he didn't already know that Santa is not real, then I'm sure he had strong suspicion of it.
I mean don't you think 11 or 12 is pretty old for a kid to still believe in Santa?
You should be ticked. While a 6th grade class probably has very few kids that believe in Santa, your the parent not the teacher.
That said, the subject must have come up for some reason, so obviously it wasn’t a settled issue for all of the kids.
We never told our children there WAS a Santa - we ALWAYS said he was pretend. Made the aunts and uncles mad.
My mom told me there was no Santa in 1st grade!!!
He might as well not exist!
He stopped coming to leave gifts for me when I left my folks home and moved out on my own. And I’ve been REALLY GOOD the last 22 years. If I ever lay eyes on him, I’ll kill him. I swear!! I mean, how rude can a Santa be? I even left him many forwarding address changes.
I swear! I’ll run him over with my semi!!!!
No Santa Claus, eh?
Wait ‘til you find out they’re teaching them to put condoms on cucumbers.
If he’s old enough to question, he’s old enough to know.
Don’t be too upset. The truth is always the best. Plus his friends already told him.
Either this persons son rides the short bus to school, or this person is still riding it.
Other than this one issue, how is she as a teacher?
Because I’d hate to be in her place, and put into a situation like this.
Your choices are -
1. Refuse to answer the question. Which invites more questions.
2. Tell a lie (Santa is real) and then have to explain all the other lies that go along with it.
3. Tell the truth and risk the certain wrath of parents.
Kind of a ‘no-win’ situation, IMHO.
She'd question me every Christmas about how Santa was able to get a large present into the house, how did he get it down the chimney when I had the glass doors closed on the fireplace, if he didn't come down the fireplace then how did he get a locked door open?
I eventually expected her to pull out a slide rule and prove to me mathematically why Santa did not and could not exist.
Anyway, don't get to upset about this. It's a good opportunity to discuss the real meaning of Christmas with your son.
-PJ
Sorry, but by the time a student is in the 6th grade, he should know the truth about Santa Claus and the history behind the tradition. Saint Nickolas was a very good man and gave away, secretly, dowries to poor girls in his village. He should be emulated by Christians, just as Saint Nickolas emulated Christ.
“Teaching” about Santa Claus not being real is the reason there are minimum standards testing in some states.