I mentioned in a previous post that we killed Santa on Maundy Thursday this year.  (Please note: that is just my maudlin sense of humor.  I don’t actually believe we killed Santa or his spirit.)

As I was panicking about how to handle the kids’ questions, a friend told me she’d found a letter on the internet that was very helpful when she talked with her son.  I don’t know if this is the same one she used, but it’s the first one I found when I searched for “Santa letter and faith” and it really spoke to my heart.  I modified it a little for my kids and gave one to each after we talked about the real Saint Nicholas and how he started showing the spirit of Christmas to the world.

Believing in yourself, your friends, your family, and the power of love?  A Santa who is love and magic and hope and happiness in the world?  Yep, we’re 100% on his team, and now our children have been invited into the fold, too.  We found this a beautiful way to explain joyful hearts that carry on the spirit of Christmas today.

In case you’d like to read it, here is the original author’s letter to her daughter.