santa claus

how old were you when you stopped believing in santa and why?



i was in grade 7 i think. my friends kept telling me that he didnt exist, but i didnt believe them. of course, what my mother said was gospel, and she kept telling me he did. when i finally did realise, it was a sad and embarassing day. :(

but to me, still, he will always be real.

ps - i totally watch the weathernetwork on christmas eve to find out where he is.

[esoter1c]

GR.7 !?

Try 7, lol.

Not too hard to figure out when you live in an apt. with no chimney.

[project.one]

ZOMGWTFBBQ SANTA's NOT REAL?!?!

[-evil-duerr-]

i think I was 5 or 6. my best friend told me at school... i went home that day and confronted my mother about the fast-one she had been trying to pull on me.

[-evil-duerr-]

[ebbomega]

Wait.... Santa's not real?

[stephen_c]

can't pull a fast one on kids nowadays.
they have access to wikis

Father Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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[crookedking]

my parents didn't want some fictional character stealing their thunder.

[rawb]

Originally Posted by Avana

how old were you when you stopped believing in santa and why?



i was in grade 7 i think.

WAIT, WHAT

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by Avana

i was in grade 7 i think. .

holy shit how'd I miss this......

first the cold toast delivery idea, now this.. i don't know what to think anymore.

[Big R]

when i was maybe 6 or 7..hard to believe in santa when you live in the hood..

anyways now i only believe in sinter klaas.

[Carrie]

I don't know how old I was, but I always caught my parents wrapping gifts and Santa always had my neighbour's handwritting.

plus. Santa brings gifts to polish children on Dec 6th. and on christmas eve the star "gwiazda" brings more presents.

[wishbone]

i forget when i truly stopped believing, because i kept saying i believed to milk double the presents. true story. i think it was in the sixth grade when we got a dog and the expenses were a little much that my parents had to tell me santa didn't exist, and i was all "oh, i know". They were kinda pissed.

[stephen_c]

there's a santa in every kinder surprise.





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[Grapes]

Originally Posted by project.one

ZOMGWTFBBQ SANTA's NOT REAL?!?!

As soon as I read Avana's post I put the over/under on a "WTF SANTA'S NOT REAL?!" post at 2.5 replies.

Looks like we got under!

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Wait.... Santa's not real?

And YOU, you were outposted by ProjectOne in both speed of reply and quality of reaction (BBQ was a nice touch).

For shame :(

[veN]

I, like Avana, was quite old when I found out Santa wasn't real. I had my suspicions, but my mother said as long as I believe he would keep bringing presents. Finally my friend and I both cornered our mother's separately and begged them to tell us the truth. They had previously been conspiring together about how long to keep the charade going. I managed to get it out of my mother. "You see honey, it's something that families like to believe to make Christmas more magical. It's kinda of like the Tooth Faery and The Easter Bunny." And in that moment, my entire naive childhood crumbled. She killed all three myths in one swift blow. Ouch.

Ps: I still get presents from Santa.

[prozac]

I was about 5 or 6. I found some presents in my aunt's closet that were given to me from "Santa" on Christmas Day. I pretended to believe for a few more years so as not to disappoint my mother.

[Erin]

I think I was 7. What a tragic day :(