I genuinely don’t know... what IS the normal age of desantafication?
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My 9-year-old nephew told me today that he now knows Santa doesn’t exist. I asked him to define “exist” for me and proceeded to poke holes in his epistemology by holding other known concepts to his standard of existence. He hates me.
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I distinctly recall believing at 5 and not by 10, so it isn't that he was wrong, but that it's not really his call to break that bit of news.
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Varies a lot. 8-12ish. It’s also not a binary thing—there can be multiple stages of never questioning Santa, questioning but keeping the faith, doubting but hoping, disbelieving but paying lip service, etc. So, like any religion really.
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We didn’t have a fireplace growing up, so I never really believed in Santa. A lack of faith in impossible things permeates my life to this day
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I suspect somewhere between 7 and 9 kids realize he isn’t real but are afraid that if they admit that out loud, they’ll stop getting presents, so they play along for a bit longer.
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A lot younger for Jewish kids
Somehow the tooth fairy hung on longer
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