It is funny to me, though, how often they avoid asking the question straight out. They ask all kinds of other questions, but lots of times don't just come out and ask you "Is Santa real?" This suggests to me that they do want to keep it going.
My DS5, however, has already straight out asked me about Santa (in the middle of Arthur Christmas actually!) but I just avoided the question for now. Not sure what I'm going to do with that one because he is my overly imaginative kid who has on occasion worried me that his fantasies are so real to him he can't tell the difference. Lately, though, he has started asking about whether (usually scary) things are real as a way, I think, to ground himself. I unequivocally denounce vampires, zombies, and werewolves as made up stories because he was terrified. He was also completely freaked out about leprechauns at one point (which are creepier than they are given credit for!) In this context, the whole Santa question is more complicated for me.
