Anyone else do Christmas but not Santa?

krispylove

We are choosing not to have DD believe in Santa because we both remember feeling very angry and deceived by our parents when we found out Santa was not real.  I don't want to lie to my kids.  I just want to know how to have her keep the secret at school when the other kids believe because I would not want her to ruin it for other families. 

I don't think this decision has anything to do with our level of belief in organized religion.  (We were both raised going to church and I believe Jesus walked the earth but I don't take the Bible literally.)  I have books about Santa and books about the Jesus Christmas story that I read to DD and when she asks me if Santa is real I will tell her no and if she asks if Jesus is real I will tell her yes.