An 8 yr old struggling with his belief in Pukki

richard berman · Post by **richard berman** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:09 pm

I say keep it going as long as you can, its all good fun. My 6 year year old will be heart broken when she finds out that he is not real, and has never asked, maybe she thinks it is better that way so that she still gets all the goodies. Get a Santa this year and see how it goes.

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Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:55 pm

We managed to keep it going for ages with my eldest... We never really lied to him but we circumnavigated some of the awkward questions especially in front of the other two (younger) siblings. He was happy to play along with our stories so I'm not really sure when he stopped believing. It could be that he didn't want to spoil the fun for his brothers (kids are sometimes surprisingly "mature" in their reasoning). Now he is 15 (nearly 16) and the youngest is nearly 12 so Pukki has disappeared from our house - in fact we will leave all the presents under the tree and open them when we get back from the UK.... not quite the same charm as when they were small. Now all they are interested in is all the food

annekmc · Post by **annekmc** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:41 pm

A friend of mine who is Finnish told me how last year she spent Christmas at home with her sister and her mother. She hired a santa who gave the 3 of them their presents and she said it felt kind of silly but so nice that santa was there. I believe it doesn't matter what age you are, the whole santa coming with the presents here in Finland is such a lovely part of Christmas that I hope we carry it on long after our children stop believing in santa.

littlefrank · Post by **littlefrank** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:08 pm

'the whole santa coming with the presents here in Finland is such a lovely part of Christmas that I hope we carry it on long after our children stop believing in santa.'

There is a transitional stage in life when the kids start to say, we wouldn't bother with xmas but our parents like it.

milou · Post by **milou** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:54 pm

I learned at the age of 7 that Santa doesn't exist. But I continued "believing" in Santa for some years after that because it seemed to be so important to my mom.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:55 pm

Maybe you should explain the grey.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:01 pm

I was getting the drift I was being fooled by the grownups about age 6, but I was trying to figure out who it was in the overturned fur-coat...

And yeah, I've been playing santa to my nieces... it is still they have the "pukki" appear as an invisible "santa" figure - apparently Pukki appears only to small children to make them cry

Heck, I don't know if it was my sis that got the 1950's santa mask... remember my mom doing the act... it was more for the adults then as she did it a proper "pukki" act jiving everyone...

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:03 pm

A father asked his 10-year old son if he knew about the birds and the bees. "I don't want to know," the child said, bursting into tears. "Promise me you won't tell me. Confused, the father asked what was wrong. The boy sobbed, "When I was six, I got the 'There's no Easter Bunny' speech. At seven , I got the 'There's no Tooth Fairy' speech. When I was eight, you hit me with the 'There's no Santa' speech. I'll have nothing left to live for if you're going to tell me that grown-ups don't really...

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