M's Question: Is Santa Claus real?

Santa Claus going up our chimney in Keller, Texas.

M trying to catch Santa Claus putting out presents but she feel asleep.

When M came home for dinner last night and immediately after the prayer.

M- "Mom".  

Mom - "Yes"

M-  "I have a very important question to ask you and I want you to be honest with me"

Was how she started.  

Mom - "Of course",  I reminded her.  

Then she began.  

M- "Mom,  I need to you to tell me the truth.  Is Santa Claus real?  Are you and Daddy pretending to be Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus?"

Mom - "Where is this coming from? Tell me what is on your mind."

M- "What is on my mind is that I am thinking he is not real and then there is part of me that thinks he his real."

Mom - "What would it benefit you if he wasn't real?"

M - "What would benefit me is that I could stop waiting into all hours of the night waiting for him to come down the chimney and being able to see Rudolph's nose.  I could actually get some sleep on Christmas Eve."

Then M's little brother interrupts.

E - "I've seen Rudolph's nose."

M- "Have you really?"

E - "Yes"

M - "Does it glow?"

E - "Yes, just like this." (Then proceeds to gesture with his hand)

M - "Have you seen it for real... or on the movie?"

E -  "The movie"

M - "Then you have not seen Rudolph for real"

E - "We did at Thanksgiving Point"

M - "Those were Reindeer, but that was not Rudolph."

Then after that the conversation just drifted somewhere else until I heard.

M- "May I please be excused"

Mom - "Yes, you may"

M picks up her plate and drink pushes her chair and places them in the sink.

Then I hear almost an exact repeat of being excused from the table from E and our conversation is over.