How Robin Thicke tackles the “stressful” Christmas conversation with his kids

While Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year, Robin Thicke admits that some aspects of it can be “stressful” for parents of young children.

When Page Six caught up with the father of four at The Grove’s annual tree lighting celebration in Los Angeles on Monday night, we asked how he approached the controversial conversation with Santa Claus.

“Talking to Santa is a stressful conversation, especially when they’re old enough to know what the other kids at school are like (they’re starting to figure out he’s not real),” Thicke shared.

“And if they go to school with children of other religions, the conversation happens much earlier.”

The singer-songwriter – whose children include son Julian Fuego, 14, daughter Mia Love, 6, daughter Lola Alain, 5, and son Luca Patrick, almost 4 – explained that he “coaches” his brood with the mentality, that “if you believe, Santa Claus will come.”

However, according to the “Blurred Lines” hitmaker, this illusion lasts “for about five or six years.” And “sooner or later,” he noted, “this fantasy is over.”

Before Thicke, 47, took the stage to perform, he jokingly asked us not to “post” his comments because he “just ruined Santa for everyone!”

The middle son of the late Growing Pains star Alan Thicke, Julian shares his ex-wife of 10 years, actress Paula Patton.

Robin moved on with model April Love Grayy and the couple welcomed Mia in February 2018.

In November of that year, they lost their home in Malibu, California, to a forest fire.

A few weeks later – on Christmas Eve to be precise – the musician proposed to 29-year-old Geary, who was pregnant with Lola at the time.

Lola was born in February 2019 and Luca was born the following December.