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Found it!

http://www.cozi.com/live-simply/truth-about-santa

Here is the text:

Dear Lucy,

Thank you for your letter. You asked a very good question: “Are you Santa?”

I know you’ve wanted the answer to this question for a long time, and I’ve had to give it careful thought to know just what to say.

The answer is no. I am not Santa. There is no one Santa.

I am the person who fills your stockings with presents, though. I also choose and wrap the presents under the tree, the same way my mom did for me, and the same way her mom did for her. (And yes, Daddy helps, too.)

I imagine you will someday do this for your children, and I know you will love seeing them run down the stairs on Christmas morning. You will love seeing them sit under the tree, their small faces lit with Christmas lights.

This won’t make you Santa, though.

Santa is bigger than any person, and his work has gone on longer than any of us have lived. What he does is simple, but it is powerful. He teaches children how to have belief in something they can’t see or touch.

It’s a big job, and it’s an important one. Throughout your life, you will need this capacity to believe: in yourself, in your friends, in your talents and in your family. You’ll also need to believe in things you can’t measure or even hold in your hand. Here, I am talking about love, that great power that will light your life from the inside out, even during its darkest, coldest moments.

Santa is a teacher, and I have been his student, and now you know the secret of how he gets down all those chimneys on Christmas Eve: he has help from all the people whose hearts he’s filled with joy.

With full hearts, people like Daddy and me take our turns helping Santa do a job that would otherwise be impossible.

So, no. I am not Santa. Santa is love and magic and hope and happiness. I’m on his team, and now you are, too.

I love you and I always will.

Mama

I don't have kids, so I can just share my story. I think my mom handled it really well. I was a pretty inquisitive, skeptical kid from a very young age, and when I was 3 after we went to see "Santa" at the mall, I said to my mom in the car - "I want you to tell the truth. Is Santa real?" And she just asked me, "What do you think?" And I said, "I think he's pretend and its really mommies and daddies doing the presents." And she said, "Well, you're a very smart little girl! But just like all pretend things, other kids like to act like he's real so we can't spoil the fun for all of them."

I don't have any memory of this, or of believing in Santa really, but I have great childhood memories of the magic of Christmas. My opinion is, don't directly lie to your kids, and if they want to know, they will. But let them enjoy the magic of it!

Santa isn't real?!?

@ecogirl: Lol!

It's not going to be as big of a deal for us as we're Jewish. We're going to tell her there's a Santa just so she doesn't ruin the fun for the other kids, I'd hate it to be my fault that all the kids in her class found out Santa wasn't real! Santa will give her a gift on Christmas (like he did for me also so I wouldn't break the news to my friends) because she's a good girl, but when she realizes he's not real I don't think it'll make much of a difference.

I remember reading something about how one mom told her kids she still believes in Santa, and that as long as you believe in the spirit of Santa, the gifts keep coming With my husband's family, they still get gifts "from Santa" and they're all in their 30s.

That is a FANTASTIC letter. Very cool!
I know I beleived as a child and when I found out I was not upset. Not to mention that that "Santa" still comes. My mom now mails "santa's" gifts. LOL