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When did you learn the truth about Santa Claus?

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my parents, being asian, never lied to me about santa claus. when i went xmas shopping with them, i just picked out what i wanted and couldn't play with it til 12-25
 
I wasn't shocked when I heard it. It did take a little of the magic away from Christmas though. I think I was about 7 years old.
 
Originally posted by: Albis
my parents, being asian, never lied to me about santa claus. when i went xmas shopping with them, i just picked out what i wanted and couldn't play with it til 12-25
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Woohoo! Now those were some fun parents!
 
I thought about being an ass one time and renting a billboard and putting on there "Santa isn't real." in big letters, just to see what kind of controversy it could cause. But then I decided I wanted a better way to use my 15 minutes.
 
4 or 5, my great granpa said he did't want to lie to me, so he explained how St. Nicholas was alive a long time ago and did good deeds, etc; and my parents were the ones that bought the presents and put them under the tree. In retrospect, I'm glad he was honest with me. It was fun to watch other kids in my class (went to a Catholic school - around Dec 06 a guy dressed up in bishop's garb pretending to be jolly old St Nick would distribute presents at a school assembly, which the parents wrapped and brought in earlier that week) believe that was really St. Nick 🙂
 
Originally posted by: ggnl
I don't even remember when I figured it out, so I must have been very young. My parents never tried to pull that crap on me, so I might have never believed in Santa.
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ditto....although i do remember my dog running after a santa from one of the carolling groups.
 
I remember being 8-9 when my parents told me. I wasn't so upset that he wasn't real, but more upset that my parents were the ones who had been spending all this money on useless gifts that I really didn't deserve or need when I had previous taken them for granted as gifts from a higher being.
 
Yeah, I never believed in santa either. I was born too cynical 😉. And my parents never encouraged it either, so I never even wasted any stamps writing too the North Pole. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: yovonbishop
I think I was around 6 or 7 (very young) when my jerk sister (7 years older) decided to ruin my Christmas for me by telling me that Santa Claus wasn't real.

I think I cried for a while. I kinda felt like less of a kid after that because shortly after she told me about the Easter bunny and leprechauns, too. (I have a terrible sister)

Anyway, I was kinda relieved that I'm the youngest so I didn't have to worry about accidentally ruining it for my younger siblings. My sister, on the other hand, did it deliberately. I at least understood why my mother wrote so much like Santa after that, though. I was kind of suspicious when I begged Santa for a life-sized Barbie but didn't receive it that year because he was too "busy". 🙁
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Life-sized Barbie???
I hope you are a girl 😀
 
Originally posted by: Attrox
How did you feel after that?

I sneaked out of my room during Christmas eve (I think I was about 10) and saw my parents preparing our presents. I already (halfly) knew that Santa Claus was not real but choosed to believe otherwise before this incident. What I saw confirm it 🙁

But then I saw what I'm getting (it was a watch that can be transformed into a robot) and was happy again 🙂
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What!? He's not real!
OHHHNOOO!!! I :heart: Santa. 🙁
 
i dont know how old I was, probably between 7-10, but i remember i started to realize that the handwriting from "Santa" was the same handwriting as "Mom" on all my gifts.
 
Originally posted by: CptObvious
I think I learned at church. There was some sermon about Santa Claus being the instrument of Satan 🙁
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Wow that's pretty bad, but this is why I halfly knew that Santa Claus is not real. I attended Sunday School and thought what does a fat bearded dude has anything to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.
 
parents never brought me up to believe in santa as i can remember; so it would feel strange to make my kids think he exists
 
I asked Santa for a autographed picture of him in front of our xmas tree one year. I was suspicious that he didnt exist and so I decided to test my thoery. To my moms credit she found a picture of Santa in front of a tree that looked quite similar to our house and autographed it.
 
the truth? you mean that he is a cheap bastard? i knew that the first time he brought me a ham sandwich and a pair of socks
 
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