Jessey - I hope you didn't think I was sounding defensive - I was just being a bit tongue-in-cheek!

With ds we are talking a bit about santa just because he wants to know who the man in the red is at the shops, but we're making a bigger deal about the fact that Grandma and Grandpa are coming to stay, and all our other family will be here to so it will be like a big family party. We're not religious, but Christmas to us is simply having family around, so that's what we're emphasising.

In saying that, we will also have a santa sack with a few things in it (nothing over the top) and when it comes to Easter I'm sure we'll say the bunny is coming, and no doubt the tooth fairy will get a look in too in a few years. It's all a bit of fun, and when the time comes for him to ask us if it's real, then we'll fess up.