Should You Lie To Your Kids About Santa And The Tooth Fairy?

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🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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When it comes to characters like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, parents often play along with elaborate charades. But what should grown-ups do when kids ask tough questions? (This episode originally ran in 2019.)

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0:00.0	First, a warning.
0:02.0	Do not.
0:03.0	We repeat, do not.
0:04.0	Listen to this episode of NPR's Life Kit with your kids in the room.
0:18.0	Where would Santa start?
0:19.0	Snorthern up in Russia.
0:22.0	No.
0:23.0	A little bit more on the North Pole.
0:28.0	Hey, Query.
0:29.0	Do you have a lot of your kids?
0:31.0	Yeah, we're going to go there.
0:34.0	So my story starts on Christmas Eve.
0:38.0	My wife and I are sitting on our bed with our two sons who were eight and five at the time.
0:44.0	We're doing lots of families on Christmas Eve.
0:47.0	We're watching a little cartoon Santa in his sleigh on Norads online Santa track.
0:53.0	I use pretty close calls.
0:55.0	Yeah, we're right here.
0:58.0	Deep on super fast.
1:00.0	Yeah, that's my five year old Rowan who is all in on Santa.
1:05.0	Earlier that evening he set out cookies.
1:07.0	He also put out a big bowl of water for the reindeer.
1:10.0	Sometimes I put his most up strawberry in.
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