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Originally Posted by melissa_bear003
I'm a bad mom. I lie like a cheap rug to my kids. My 10 yo, 3.5 yo, and 2 yo all know and believe in Santa, the Toothfairy, and the Easter Bunny.
and ya know...I love that for them.
I grew up believing too, and it was the best part of my childhood. Once I knew the truth, some of the anticipation, magic, excitment was just gone.
For me, I view it as a tradition, and a chance to use imagination, to really believe in things unknown and unseen, the way only children can. I can't imagine depriving my kids of that. We're a bunch of fantasy freaks 
Lets face it. As parents, we lie by omission a lot. We don't tell them about the cruelty of the big world as much as we can possibly avoid it.
Santa is joy, and love, and excitement...and we can all use a little more of that. 
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You lie to your kids???
And I'm supposed to take parenting advice from you????
Seriously though - I found out there was no santa at 5 (the boy around the block told me) That's the same age that my youngest is now...and I can't imagine him not believing!
And you're right - it did take away some of the magic for me...And I respect people who don't do the whole "santa" thing. But like you said - it was tradition in our family...and Christmas was always so magical for us - literally the best time of year...and santa was part of it...