My 7 1/2 year old grade skipped 3rd grader has nearly singlehandedly convinced his class that their doubts are ridiculous and that of course Santa is real. He has sold them on the idea that mall Santas are just hired help because the real Santa is too busy supervising the elves to make visits to the mall. We didn't provide him with that explanation, he just concocted it to fit his need and provided it to his class. I've received 3 different emails from parents happy they get another Santa holiday this year!
Asynchrony is always so strange! We were at Disney World recently and my son was 100% sure Tinkerbell could really fly. And yet spent 10 min explaining the physics of Tower of Terror to someone in line so they knew they wouldn't really plummet to the ground. I just shake my head- sometimes in confusion, mostly in awe how his brain manages to sort it all out!
