[higgmeister]

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.

4. Tell the students that they need to get back to the lesson plan and stop trying to sidetrack.

No harm, no foul!

[airborne]

YES!

Or as I suggested in post #61, skillfully change the subject!

;^)

[Othniel]

I teach 4th grade. The issue came up about Santa Claus being real, and I was asked if I believe in him. I said that I had seen him at the mall. "But that's not the REAL Santa!" said one kid. "Well, let me put it this way: 1) The Air Force tracks Santa every year through their Santa watch website. Besides, when I was a kid, there was a report on the news about a bunch of jets that scrambled. When they got close enough to see what the bogey was, they described a man in red in a sleigh. 2) If Santa's not real, why do I still get presents in my sock?"