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In my experience the people that have been so beligerent about it, are doing it so that they can feel "smarter." As if believing in Santa makes you stupid, but to them it's the whole idea of "haha, look at how doumb you are. You believe in Santa and eeeeeeveryone knows he doesn't exist." Instead of making them look smarter it just makes them look like a-holes, no matter the age.
One of my friends thinks her son is too old to believe in Santa, and she wanted to have the talk with him and let him know. She thought he would get picked on in school (i think her son is around 8) if Santa was brought up. I just told her not to tell him, and if that situation arises then handle it at that time.
Believing in Santa is one of the few innocent things kids have these days. I like DrPhil's (i still wanna call you Chaos lol) idea of Santa, and I think that is what I will tell my children when they realize Santa isn't "real." They will always know about Jesus and his birth, etc (i used to sing 'Happy Birthday' to the baby in our nativity scene before opening up presents...lol) but I don't mind them knowing about Santa.
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