Yesterday, my son and I were at the mall doing some Christmas shopping (since we have to mail all our gifts, this is really last minute - the procrastinator that I am…). We saw the mall Santa and at first I got the expected reaction - awe and fear. And then out of the blue, my nearly four year old said “That’s not the real Santa is it mommy?” I hesitated a moment, just long enough to close my drooping jaw. Stunned, I turned to him and said “What do you think honey?” Nice save I thought, but when he replied he didn’t think it was the real Santa, I knew I had to make a decision. And I had hoped to avert this crisis. Forever (or at least until seven or eight). So I told him no, Santa was too busy to really be at the mall that day and that sometimes he needed a little help from one of the elves in order that he make the toys and be available to have pictures taken with kids. And then we carried on our shopping trip. Sometimes I can really impress my bad self.

That brings me to this week’s poll, which you can participate in here. At what age did you and/or your kids find out about the Big S.C.?