Overview
- Interviews at a kindergarten in Bruchhausen-Vilsen show many young children strongly believe in the Weihnachtsmann and look forward to gifts most of all.
- The children also describe enjoying celebrations with parents and grandparents, underscoring family time as a meaningful part of the holiday.
- Kids offer concrete explanations of Santa’s logistics, citing helpers and the North Pole, and some share anecdotal sightings on a bus, a sleigh, or during visits.
- BILD spotlights the recurring parental dilemma of answering whether Santa is real, urging an approach that preserves wonder rather than a blunt denial.
- Mentalist Jan Becker recommends telling children “We are all the Weihnachtsmann,” and BILD cites a University of Texas study suggesting skepticism typically emerges around age eight.