yeah, I decided to not introduce the idea of Santa as real since 1)mac had no tradition of Santa and 2)establishing trust is HUGE. Still he went through a bit of a phase of "I want to believe in Santa no matter what you say" (I blame the Polar Express). Fine by me. And I did much the same of others when introducing what Santa was, because ignoring it is not even a possibility, I said he is a person that was created to represent the spirit of giving and good feeling around Christmas time. But I also told him that if he talked at school about Santa not being real that he might upset some other kids and that some families tell kids that Santa is real until they are older.

Tooth Fairy has actually been the much harder imaginary persona to deal with.