Don't forget about telling them the real truth about Santa, Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy.... also the Great Pumpkin, Leprechauns, and the elusive Snipe!

So many children have been raised with such crazy lies.... A lie is a lie whether it's for fun or fear of damnation. And we wonder why things are so out of control today... Do your children a favor and EDUCATE them. Like KW420 said, educate them to the best of your ability and let them make their own choices for what to believe in.

Deluding their impressionable minds with half-truths, imaginary characters, and theories that can not be backed up with measurable data is definitely not the way to prepare them for survival in the real world.

Sure, you'll most likely be criticized for your non-traditional ways of raising them, but just remember that a "tradition" is more or less a superstitious practice that demands that one must follow it without question based on the only fact that it's always been done that way and must ALWAYS be done that way... A sign of growing up (waking up) is to break tradition and improve upon the past teachings to best suit our whole environment; progress.