Another year of saving the world...

Our family... always loud, always crazy, always laughing (on most days), and always BIG! We are a brood of 5 people with HUGE personalities. We are unconventional while being traditional, but holidays are all about tradition.
Another Christmas came and went at lightning speed. Santa came, dropped off toys (at various locations) and went back to the pole with all of his reindeer. We left him milk and cookies, carrots for the reindeer and in return he left bikes, electric guitars, doll houses and board games.
Holidays are always so much fun. Casey was old enough to actually enjoy the ocassion while, in drastic contrast, Lucas kept questioning Santa, his intentions, his existence and his tresspassing techniques.
Letting Lucas in on the truth of the man in the red suit would certainly rob Casey of a childhood right to believe in magic. How long can we keep this up? Would it be weird to have a 30 year old man still believing in Santa?
The questions began around Thanksgiving, after a classmate of Lucas' told the class that her mom and dad buy her presents and put them under the tree before Christmas eve. Who does this girl think she is?!?!? Talk about a GRINCH!
They continuned through Hannukah, when Lucas insisted on us converting to Judaism, getting a menorah and playing with a dradel. I told him in exchange for 8 days of gifts he'd have to submit to a circumcision. That idea was quickly nixed.
Finally, a few weeks before Christmas I shared an embellished story about a faux friend at work. This "friend's" daughter had denounced her belief in Santa and "Santa never brought her another gift ever again"... now the poor child sits alone and present-less under her tree every Christmas without even a finger puppet to play with. Pretty dramatic huh?
This story really touched the kids, who obviously didn't want to share in the same fate.
That day, in the car, on the way back home from grandma's house they said "we need to let Santa know we BELIEVE!"... "Let's yell out loud 3 TIMES... WE BELIEVE IN YOU SANTA! WE BELIEVE IN YOU SANTA! WE BELIEVE IN YOU SANTA!!!"
We may not be able to keep the farse up until they turn 30... but I think we'll be good until they turn at least 10.