Parents Talk: Santa Claus, When Do You Tell the Truth?

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This week's topic:

My 5 year-old has been asking a lot of questions about Santa Claus lately and, so that we don't ruin it for her younger brother and sister, we've been keeping up the ruse.

My question is, how long do we keep this up? Do we eventually tell her there is no Santa Claus or just let her go on thinking the jolly old fat man is real?