Santa

[AustinTink]

How old were you when they told you?

 

[Kimmumum]

Nobody told anybody anything!!! As long as you believe you get presents If you don't believe Santa doesn't bring you anything

 

[Mermaid02]

Told me what?

 

[Shutterbug]

Told me what?

ditto...

Told me what?

 

[AustinTink]

Nobody told anybody anything!!! As long as you believe you get presents If you don't believe Santa doesn't bring you anything

Exactly! My parents never said a word and I reaped the benefits all the way through college! But, I hear rumblings among the 5th grade parents about them having "the talk" this year. I'm so not down with that. Leave Santa alone.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Everybody knows he's in the WDW parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Duh.

 

[RadioNate]

As a child no one had a talk with me. However, my DS8 just gave me a talking to about it....

 

[ryanshana]

told me what?!?!?! lol j.k.

My bus driver told me a week before christmas in 1st grade. I was very upset....my mom was PISSED to say the least. she actually picked me up from school, took me to get waffles ala mode (a no no)...and told me the story of Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Clause.

I don't really remember why the bus driver told me. Maybe I wasn't behaving on the bus and so she said something about it then I don't really remember.

 

[TinklednPants]

When Santa asked me on a date it was time to let it go.

 

[ckay87]

told me what?!?!?! lol j.k.

My bus driver told me a week before christmas in 1st grade. I was very upset....my mom was PISSED to say the least. she actually picked me up from school, took me to get waffles ala mode (a no no)...and told me the story of Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Clause.

I don't really remember why the bus driver told me. Maybe I wasn't behaving on the bus and so she said something about it then I don't really remember.

You know what stands out about your story? How you remember all of those details about that. How many things do you remember in such detail from when you were 5/6 years old? This is a good example of how incredibly important this is to children.

I think I was 8. My mom said "you know, right?" and I said "right" and she said "don't tell your sister" and I said "ok." I think that was the same script to our birds & bees talk also.

 

[auntie]

That's one conversation I've NEVER had with my kids.
Oh..and my kids are 29, 22, and 18 ! I believe kids need to find that out in the streets from other kids. There are certain things a parent has to talk to their child about. Like sex..and drugs. Santa.....NO WAY. We believe in Santa here!

Myself, I was in a religious instruction class,(of all places) where one of the kids told us she found the presents in a closet in her house. I think then I knew..but chose to still hold out hope! I might also add that I grew up in a primarily Jewish area. It wasn't unusual for there to be only two or three Christians in a our elementary school classes. Sooo...there was always that battle of whether there was or wasn't a Santa. I still believed..probably until I was too old not too..clinging to that hope. By the time I realized everyone else was right..I still kept the secret from my younger siblings..it's as much fun to pretend as it was to believe.
Santa lives in your heart forever.

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

My parents didn't say anything to me about it. Kids in the neighborhood talked about it & the older kids spilled the beans. I was in 5th grade. I still wanted to believe, so I didn't say anything to my parents. Over the years, we all knew I knew, but we still went along with it. I have younger siblings, the youngest being 11 years younger than I am. It was so fun to keep going with the specialness of the holiday. None of us ever said we didn't believe because in a way we do believe. We believe it is special because we got things our parents NEVER would have bought for us any other time. That does makes our parents like Santa.

I have three children of my own. When my oldest was in 5th grade, he wrote us a note saying kids at school told him all about it, but he still wanted to believe so he didn't want us to tell him the truth. He is in high school now & still enjoys the magic of it. My middle school child also told me he found out in 5th grade & he didn't care what they said. He told me some of his friends go shopping w/their parents & pick out their gifts. He said he likes that we surprise them still. My 2nd grader told me kids said it is the parents that buy the gifts but he can't believe we would buy video games! I am not going to say anything to ruin it. I enjoy the looks on their faces on Christmas morning & that is the magic of the season for me.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

My parents never told me anything and I never asked. I wanted to believe in him and the spirit of Christmas. I still do.

I also never went looking for presents, I loved being surprised (my brother on the other hand "Wow! Look at all of these PRESENTS!! Kim, you want me to tell you what you got?!" when he found [he searched the house like the World's best detective around Christmas time and Birthday's] a big box of presents apprently hidden in our RV ).

 

[C.Ann]

Never.. I still believe..

 

[happygirl]

No one every told me. I don't plan on ever tell my kiddos

 

[SC Minnie]

My grandmother told me when I was about 8. She sat me down and had this long conversation. I still remember it. My older cousing had already told me plus I had an older brother. My parents never said a word about no Santa so I still get presents from him and I'm 41!

DD15 has brought it up a couple of times and I tell her that if he isn't real then he doesn't come to visit. So she still 'believes'.

 

[pigletgirl]

Yep, I still 'believe'. Its hard not to when you have younger siblings at home.

 

[Momvic5]

I was 6yrs old when I figured it out. My brothers(who were 4 and 8) and I saw my mom and dad putting the gifts under the tree. We were sneaky! We were so proud of ourselves for finding out. My brothers and I still get a laugh out of it. Knowing the "truth about Santa" never changed with the way we felt about Christmas or the way we celebrated Christmas...Santa didn't make our Christmases magical...my family did!

 

[lspst8]

My mom sat me down for a "special talk" when I was about 9 years old. I had no idea. I had no idea .... I cried and cried. I don't think she tought I would have that reaction. My sister was about 5 at the time. I didn't tell her. I don't know who did.

All of our gifts are still from Santa. I'm 30 years old, and all my presents will be labeled "To Lauren, From Santa"

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I was 9 years old when I figured it out. I was never told. My mom was Navy and we had a Don't ask, don't tell Santa policy in the 80s.

Actually the Navy part is pertinent. She was ironing her uniforms and I guess there was a problem with her uniform so she had me go into her uniform closet to get another one. And that was where our presents were. All nicely wrapped, but not concealed. Faux-pas on my mom's part.


My 9yo knows--we did not tell her, but we did not lie to her when she was figuring it out. (maybe said some "What do you think?" questions along the way.)

My brother--I do not know how old he was...but he was told as my mother was convinced he still believed and his reaction didn't indicate that he didn't believe. But she felt he was getting to old (I think he was 11-12 yo) and she didn't want him to have trouble at school or get made fun of. He has a disfigured hand so she always did her best to prevent any potential teasing.