Do I seriously have to deal with this question already?  You are only seven!!!  What is with kids these days (Yikes, now I sound like my Grandparents). 

While driving home from school the other day, K2 spouts THE QUESTION.  I responded with, “of course Santa is real”.  And I felt like a fiend for LIEING to my child.  Then I launched into a discourse (which will hopefully prepare them for the big revelation in a few years) regarding how Santa is the MAGIC of Christmas and we chose to believe in him.  She let me know that her friends were saying he isn’t real.  I said, “Well, to us he is and WE BELIEVE.”

Can this conversation be over now before she starts questioning the Tooth Fairy????   I am SOOOOOOOOOOO not ready for this!