Kids hopes and dreams of Santa ruined

It is the morning (10:30am CST) after Christmas Day and my son and I were watching an episode of "Everybody Hates Chris". This is a show that we have watched before and normally I don't have any major issues. However, this morning was VERY different. This particular episode was in regards to Santa and telling the young daughter Tanya that there is no Santa. In addition, the older brother Drew went one step further by showing his sister where his parents keep the toys they are giving. I continued to watch the episode thinking, believing and hoping that by the end it would "fix" this and keep the idea and hope of Santa alive for the kids. I was very wrong. Not only did it not rekindle the hope, they also said that the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny are not real.

I am extremely upset with all of this. I am a firm believer that it is up to each individual family as to if and when their kids are told this information. I am at a bit of a fragile time with my son in regards to this issue. He keeps going back and forth with questions and with the fact that he really wants to believe. This can be such a magical and special time of year. Here we are the day after Christmas and now some of the joy has been taken away because he is sad. I do not appreciate this show being the source of his information on this--ESPECIALLY the way they told it.

We have enjoyed this show on many other occasions however, if I can't trust them to be responsible with the content they show, then we will not be watching again.