Home Preschool Help Here’s How Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Broke the News about Santa to Their Kids By Erica LoopDecember 7, 2018 Search more like this handledecidesensetraumamarsufferlieactorrevealsisterworry-abouttellkidfill Read next Preschool Help The Best Organic Clothes for Babies & Toddlers Preschool Help 45 Pumpkin Carving Designs That’ll Wow the Neighborhood Preschool Help Target’s Best Holiday Deals Start Sooner Than You Think Preschool Help This Larger Than Life Mister Rogers Monument is Exactly What the World Needs Preschool Help Want a Free Donut on Halloween? Here’s How to Get One from Krispy Kreme Celeb parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard want their kids to know the truth about Santa. Like many of us, Bell and Shepard are up against the questions and inconsistencies that come along during this holiday-filled time of year. Here’s how they handled the not-so-truthful story of Santa Claus—with, as always, exceptionally good parenting skills. This is the most wonderful time of the year, until it isn’t, like when your kid asks, “Is Santa real?” Gulp. Here’s how Bell and Shepard handled the inevitable with their two kids. View this post on Instagram A post shared by kristen bell (@kristenanniebell) Shepard told Us Weekly that when his five-year-old daughter Lincoln started asking questions like, “Well, this doesn’t make sense, and that doesn’t make sense,” he decided to stop the lying. Shepard admits, “I have a fundamental rule that I will never lie to them, which is challenging at times.” The actor decided that the lies had to stop right then and there, telling his kiddos, “You know what? This is just a fun thing we pretend while it’s Christmas.” So how did Lincoln and her three-year-old sister Delta react to the news? Don’t worry about Bell and Shepard’s daughters suffering from any sort of post-Santa truth trauma. Shepard revealed, “They don’t think he exists, but they’re super happy and everything’s fine.” And what more could you ask for than super happy kids? —Erica Loop Featured Photo: Bruce Mars via Pexels RELATED STORIES: What to Say When Your Kid Asks If Santa Is Real or Not Yes, I Let My Jewish Son Believe in Santa. Here’s Why. I’m the Mom Behind “The Secret of Santa”
