[header] How to raise children not to believe in santa claus [title] Encourage your kids to figure it out themselves. [step] Santa claus can be a tricky subject for parents of young children. Often you will feel torn between not wanting to lie to your kids, and not wanting to break the spell of santa claus and his flying reindeer. 
Once your kids start to get curious they will probably ask you lots of questions about santa. One way to deal with the questions which encourages the kids to think about it is to turn the questions back on them.