Santa...what to do????

So you have kids, what is the proper age to tell your young ones when this big red abomination is not real. My thoughts?

1.  When they realize they sit on a different Santa's lap every year in the mall
2.  When they realize Santa writes an awful lot like mommy or daddy
3.  When they start asking how Santa makes all his rounds to all the kids and you aren't smart enough to answer logistically
4. If Santa can't remember to put the presents under the tree, or has too much eggnogg Christmas Eve resulting in his gifts being delayed, resulting in an outlandish story of how Santa stopped by and left all the gifts in mommy's room because he needed her to wrap them.
5. When your kids make songs about Santa CLaws...they are usually about 7 or 8.

What to do:

1.   Sign all the gifts from mom and dad!!!
2.   Buy stockings and fill them anyways, continue signing Santa...because.

You explain to kids, Santa comes from within.  its one of those things that comes from the heart.  They can be Santa, too.  They should never take away that gift from someone younger who still hold that belief because then they are stealing a dream, but to give to a belief is the greatest Chritsmas gift you can give,  Technically, everyone is Santa, and the Easter Bunny, etc.

            And thats how it worked with my daughter.... Christmas is a spirit.....its everyones job to keep that spirit alive.