did anyone's parents never pretend about santa?

[SPAGo 98]

mine didn't.. am i the only one out there who never believed in santa or anything?

 

[RoqueC]

I enjoyed believing in him...

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

We always believed in Santa. My mom and dad used to put up a cardboard fireplace for Santa to go and bring us our toys, LOL, I guess I wasn't so smart then either. LOL Isn't believing the whole part of a childhood.

 

[Kermit]

My parents didn't do Santa. A lot of people think that's really strange, but I don't think I'm emotionally scarred or anything.

 

[cgcw]

We always believed too. Some of the stories our folks made up over the years were so unrealistic it's hard to believe that we bought it (like Santa burned his pants coming down the chimney, yeah, we bought it hook, line and sinker!). I will be very sad when DS8 no longer believes -- I dread the day. DS2 has many years to enjoy still.

 

[CamColt]

My neighbors dont do the "Santa thing" with their kids. They are 3 & 9. I think its sad. They do celebrate Christmas, but they just know that Santa isnt real, just a man dressed up, and he really doesnt go to all the houses, etc...

 

[Tony-NJ]

Yes we believed in Santa, I believed until I was 8 and my mean older cousin told me that there was no Santa.

 

[binny]

oh I bought it all hook line and sinker too.

My dad was the MASTER lol

one Christmas I head bells outside my door and got so scared I ran out of my room and down the stairs into my brothers' room and hid under one of their covers. LOL I probably missed the whole eloborate thing they were doing in the living room. I ran right past it LOL

 

[dandave]

My parents insisted there was a Santa. Even when I found toys in their closet, they made up fairly reasonable excuses. I went back and forth believing and doubting. I wanted so much to believe, though.
I was around 10, and trying to have a conversation with my Mother to explain to her that I knew about sex. It was a delicate approach on my part, saying, "There's something I know all about, and wanted to tell you that I know."
"You know that there is NO Santa," she burst out.
I was so shocked that it took a long, long time before I brought up the sex thing with her again...

 

[Tony-NJ]

oh I bought it all hook line and sinker too.

My dad was the MASTER lol

one Christmas I head bells outside my door and got so scared I ran out of my room and down the stairs into my brothers' room and hid under one of their covers. LOL I probably missed the whole eloborate thing they were doing in the living room. I ran right past it LOL

LMBO!!!!!!!

 

[cinlee3]

As a kid we believed in Santa and I started the tradition with my DS.

When he was about 9 he asked me about Santa because kids at school were saying he didn't exist. I told him the truth and said I would always be truthful whatever he asked. It was very traumatic for him and he was upset that we had "lied" to him. In fact he felt that because I had lied about Santa maybe I had lied about Jesus and God too - Santa was that real to him. It broke my heart that he would feel deceived like this. He was always a sensitive child and I never dreamed he would take it so hard.

With our other two I have never made a big deal about "Santa". DS #2 doesn't believe in Santa and DD still thinks there is a Santa but mainly because of what she sees on TV or what other relatives tell her. Santa is not the focus of our Christmas celebration.

 

[SuiteDisney]

I still believe in Santa.

 

[SeaSpray]

My father tried to get me to believe there was a fat man in a red suit who brought presents to all kids. lol My mother told me the truth; that at some point, there was a man who brought children presents, but that was many years ago, and now people still follow that tradition. I was so glad she didn't lie, when she told me something, it was ALWAYS the truth.

I have never told my children that Santa Claus was real. They couldn't care less. They think it's ridiculous that their friends and other kids in school actually believe things like that. LOL I told them when they were younger and just starting school to not say anything to the other kids, and they never did. One of my DSs told me once "if they're dumb enough to believe it, then they deserve to have their parents keep lying to them". LOL

 

[TerryKitten]

What!?!?!?!

No Santa? But he still brings me gifts and i'm 28!

Sure, the presents got to me by way of my parents car or "appeared" in my husband's closet and the handwritting on the to card looks familar, as long as he (and ms. clause) keeps giving me presents I'll believe

One of the things that I'll never know how santa did it: On christmas morning I found that he installed a canopy over my bed while i'm sleeping. He must be really quiet.

 

[BethR]

Originally posted by ***********
I still believe in Santa.

Me too, Laura, me too.

I always will. And that is what I tell my children when they ask. And that is what I will tell my grandchildren, and great-grandchildren - God willing.

 

[JasonLyons]

Santa and I are both big sensitive guys

 

[browneyes]

My parents never officially said they were Santa (our presents were always under the tree as they were brought into the house and wrapped). But I remember my brothers telling me about Santa when I was about 8 yo or so. I was devasted (they told me about the Easter Bunny at the same time ).

 

[Princess Michelle]

My parents never pretended that Santa brought us gifts. For the very reason of what happened with cinlee3's son. My mom didn't want us to think that she lied to us and I'm glad that my parents never did the Santa thing. My mom always told us the stories about Santa but we always knew where to give proper thanks for the gifts.

 

[shortbun]

I still listen for sleighbells on Christmas Eve, I'm 49.
To me, Santa is part of the spirit of Christmas, he shows
generosity and love. DS7 asked me about Santa this
year because a friend of his doesn't believe and they've
talked. I told him that the spirit of Christmas manifests
itself in human form every year in Santa Claus. We talked
about the words "spirit" and "manifests", he was satisfied.
For years, DS and DH have been advised that I will lie
about Christmas presents to protect the suprises. When
DS evolves into knowing that Santa is make believe,
he will be reminded that the Christmas "lie" was always
acknowleged and told that his Mom still listens and
watches the skies on cold winter nights to see if
reindeer really know how to fly.
What's wrong with believing in Santa anyway, aren't
we all here because we believe in Walt Disney's dreams
and immagination?

 

[snoopy]

We believed in Santa.

This woman I used to work with, she told her kids that there was no Santa when they were babies. Not for any other reason than she wanted the credit on where the gifts came from.