The Truth About Santa

[Superpenguin]

Christmas was always more fun during the years you believed in Santa. Believing in something should never be considered "childish."

 

[Adventure9]

He's not real? ;n;


haha jk

 

[Mairen]

I found out at school when I was 7 years old. These kids at my table teased me for still believing in Santa, so I shrugged it off and replied with a "nah, I don't believe in him really." My heart was broken on the inside, but I acted tough about it. I probably went home and told my mother about it, but that was that.

At the time, it wasn't a big deal to me, but now that I look back on it, 7 is too young! I say anything over the age of 10 would be alright.

 

[OliviaMagica]

To be honest I do believe in him for 2 reasons

1) He is a saint and my nan told me about him. Btw St Nickoulas is Polish and my nan is Polish so

2) I heard him once on my houses roof. Nobody saw him becuz people he is invisible.

 

[Brackets]

I realised when I was about 8 or so. I've always been a skeptical person. I'd always ask my mum things like 'how could he get round the whole world so quickly? how does he get inside houses with no chimneys? Why doesn't he go give presents to the 3rd world countries who need it more?' etc xD

That's silly that your parents still try to convince you he's real, they obviously just don't want you to grow up
If your kids figure it out on their own you should praise them for being rational and not just accepting what they're told, IMO

 

[princesse]

I was just told when i was like 5 or 6 that Santa wasn't real. I like the idea of it, but even if he hypothetically was, how would the parents know if he is never to be seen? Or when you are stuck upstairs and not allowed to go in their room (while secretely wrapping presents xP). I was the only person in my class who knew i guess, because we were supposed to be writing letters to santa, and I said "Santa isnt real!" and everyone just looked at me like gurlll, what you say?

I never liked the idea of it them, I personally just identified him as a stalker, or a intruder:
He knows when you are sleeping,
He knows when your awake,
He knows when your good or bad
So be good for goodness sake.
Sounds kinda like your parents to me...

 

[Mairen]

I was just told when i was like 5 or 6 that Santa wasn't real. I like the idea of it, but even if he hypothetically was, how would the parents know if he is never to be seen? Or when you are stuck upstairs and not allowed to go in their room (while secretely wrapping presents xP).

For this, I knew that some presents came from my parents and some came from Santa.

 

[Leela]

Thanks for the opinions everybody

By the way, I'm not trying to be rude to you if you do believe in Santa. It's nice that you do, actually

 

[MisterEnigma]

I believe in Santa Christ.

 

[Lio Fotia]

SANTA ISN'T REAL!? OMG SHHHHH

Kidding. sorry. I plan on letting my daughter think santa is real for as long as she believes. I won't force her to think he's not real. My brother believed until he was like 13. I believed until I was like 9, but I caught my mum putting presents under the tree and just yeah. Ruined.

 

[VillageDweller]

I had just turned 10 I think and one night I was just thinking about it and it didn't really make any sense to me lol so the next day I just asked my mum and she told me so ya
I wasn't upset or anything I was just kind of like "oh ok" and that was it lmao

 

[M O L K O]

Santa only comes to kids. However, he did visit my house last year while we were awake (even when our youngest child is not a kid anymore). I'm not trolling this time.

i knew it

Anyway my mom never said anything about santa, so when school made a big deal about it I got really confused. Our tradition is baking cookies and eating them on christmas eve. Though, idk it coulda been nice to believe in some dude giving gifts instead of my mom, for personal reasons. looking back it worries me how stressed she musta got over christmas

 

[f11]

Uhm once My parents were gone for Christmas and we put a note for Santa and then the next morning it was signed by Santa. I know all my siblings were sleeping because we had cameras around our rooms and none of them left. It was spooky

 

[Lady Timpani]

My parents never actually told me or my brother that Santa doesn't exist; we both just kind of accepted it on our own. My parents aren't like yours, though, since they never tried to convince us that he was real when we told them he wasn't.

I guess your parents don't want to face the fact that you're growing up? I know some people that are sad to tell their kids that Santa isn't real.

 

[keybug55]

I remember when I was younger (when I was 10 or so) I knew someone who thought the mascot of Chuck E Cheese was real. I questioned how she never knew he was just an animatronic or in this case a guy in a costume. I never had the heart to tell her so I just played along with it. But seriously how do you not know...

 

[Miss_Tisa]

I still want to believe,even though everyone keeps telling me he's not real.I honestly don't know how to feel about it or what to believe.

 

[Brackets]

wow i didn't realise there was such young people on this forum
like i knew there were 13 year olds but not like under 10

 

[Watchingthetreetops]

I....I suddenly feel very old
I'm sorry youngsters

 

[spCrossing]

My parents never really told us he wasn't real.

But I kinda figured out on my own, really.

It's an age thing more or less.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I....I suddenly feel very old
I'm sorry youngsters

None taken.

 

[Amichann]

I came home from kindergarten one winter and I told my mom that the children at school kept talking about Santa (I hadn't known about him before, but a girl in my class explained to me that he gives out free presents on Christmas).
My mom then flatly said to me, "Santa isn't real."
I think I cried for like 3 minutes and then I got bored and did something else.

That being said, I think it's nice having "Christmas Spirit" tie in with Santa, but waiting to tell kids that Santa (Along with other fake 'the parents do it' things) isn't real would just make it harder for he parents to tell them when they are older. Either that or the kid will eventually just figure out and not really care.