This is not advice, just my experience... When our daughter was 1, my wife convinced me to be honest about Santa from the start. I was a little worried it was l

This is not advice, just my experience... When our daughter was 1, my wife convinced me to be honest about Santa from the start. I was a little worried it was like taking away a key childhood memory. But our daughter (now 4) loves Santa as a character, and still has a magical experience on Christmas morning. Now it makes total sense to me—she knows Elmo isn't real either, but that doesn't make him any less important to her!