Mummy/Daddy is Santa Claus Real?

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I've had this question from my kids and, with some fancy footwrk managed to get around it so that they still believe in Santa. When my daughter asked me about Santa, I was still working for a courier company and I was incensed because a friend in her class had said he wasn't real because she saw her mummy putting presents under the tree which got my daughter questioning whether Santa existed. I told my daughter that as Santa was so busy getting ready to deliver everything, he couldn't possibly pick it all up as well to get ready for delivery as there were so many children in the world. So, courier companies like the one I worked for got all the presents taken to them, and they delivered them to Santa who in turn delivered them to the kids. My daughter hasn't figured it out yet and as she's 9 now i figure that's a pretty good achievement by any stretch. In my personal opinion, Santa is part of the magic of childhood and I want my two to believe in him as long as possible before the real world gets to them and changes them. What about you my fellow Mylotters? do you try and stretch the magic as far as it will go and then some? or do you tell your children as soon as possible that Santa and other anthropomorphic personifications like the easter bunny are not real?