DD incessantly asking about reality of the Easter Bunny - Page 2

[Kivgaen]

You could say something cheesy, like:

Santa Clause (easter bunny) is as real as one wishes him to be. If you believe in (Santa/Easter bunny) then he is real. If you don't believe in him, then he isn't real. He is real as long as you believe.

You could even add that you believe he is real.

For Santa, specifically:

Santa is the giving spirit of Christmas. It's about giving to others and being selfless. The spirit of Santa is in us all and as long as we remember what Christmas is really about, then yes he is real.

[meemee]

i think you should go with your gut instinct. play it for as long as you want it.

however what you can do is when you are ready to tell her - explain the whole tradition of all of them - the easter bunny (going back further than the pagan goddess and pointing to the moon as that is where it came from). with all of them including saint nick.

seriously sit down (which means do your homework before hand and have it ready) with your child and show him the importance of tradition, esp. since in his heart he wants to believe, so that the magic is not lost. just the history of the tradition itself is extremely fascinating. and he can find the magic in the myth itself.

also let him know you will never stop doing an easter egg hunt or giving presents from santa (i think many of them fear that that will stop once they know).

so when you think he is REALLY ready to know - when his vocal and body language says they want to know - explain it as a story so he appreciates the tradition behind it and it wont be so 'painful' to know the truth.

thankfully in our case dd already has an accepted idea of faith and what 'god' is to her. so i know the 'unveiling' is not going to create a problem.

we read a lot of myths. from all over the world. and i go over them with her (i find them fascinating too) showing her the magic behind them. the how and why behind the story.