We are spending Christmas with my family this year. One siblings' (younger) kids found out Santa isn't real from their cousins on the other side this year. The other sibling lives in China and they have never done Santa since they thought it would be too difficult for the kids to understand why he is in one country but not the other and they wanted to emphasize the religious aspect of the holidays instead. They flew home a few days ago and my SIL was telling me that someone on the plane asked my oldest niece (5 yo) what Santa was bringing her and she said, "Santa's not real. He used to be Saint Nick, but that was a long time ago."

So, this year, we are all spending Christmas together and I feel like it's a perfect storm for my kids to be told Santa is not real. We are having Santa deliver his gift early while we are still at our house to try and minimize any obvious opportunity for them to be told. We don't do a ton of Santa stuff, but we do one smaller gift, stockings, and leave out cookies. The big boys are only 3, and I really want them to have a few more years of the "magic" of Santa. I've thought about talking to them about how people celebrate Christmas in different ways, etc., but I just can't figure out what to say or do. Maybe I'm overthinking, but I just want to prepare them if I can or be ready with a response if it does happen.

If you were/are in my position, what would you do to try to minimize the situation? Would you try to "fix" it if they do get told and how would you do that?