<p>OK I just thought it would be funny to start a thread like this. I personally don't have a real story my .....ummm.... "enlightenment" was pretty gradual (what a bore) .. you know over the years and such but maybe someone has a funny story about finding out there was no santa (I'm sorry if there's someone who still believes in Santa here.. errrr..... I'm just a bad elf so just ignore this thread Ok???)</p>
<p>I was 8 years old and it was Easter. I couldn't find the Easter baskets anywhere and I was very upset. I started crying because I couldn't find my basket. My mom came, went into the laundry room, and got it for me. Later, my dad sat down to have a "talk" with me. He told me that Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the toothfairy were all not real. I was very depressed but didn't let it show. It actually sort of destroyed the magic of Christmas for me for a few years...</p>
<p>I've never believed in Santa. He was just a fun Christmas figure to me.</p>
<p>...Santa's not real?</p>
<p>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</p>
<p>my parents still haven't told me the truth. :rolleyes: but i don't think i ever had a "moment of enlightenment"- somehow, i don't think i ever believed in santa, even as a little kid. oh well :D</p>
<p>What age do you think children should be told there's no such thing as Santa? Or do you think they should never even be told all that ********. I think it makes Christmas more special and guess what deep down (very deep) I guess I still sought of "believe" in Santa and feel a pang of guilt when I stay up late on Christmas eve lol :) oh my gosh I don't believe I just told you guys that aughhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh</p>
<p>same as you, scrubber. i just sort of figured it out on my own. it wasn't that big of a suprise; i always wondered why santa's handwriting was so similar to my dad's.</p>
<p>i'm with you footscrubber; i actually kind of like the fact that my parents still haven't told me that santa exists. somehow, it makes waking up and seeing the full stocking more exciting :o</p>
<p>he he he wer'e still kids deep down :) but this christmas I don't think I'll wake up at 4am to open my "presents" (wrapped by my sibs .... )</p>
<p>those are just marketing tools, probably created by the retail industries</p>
<p>anyway, my brother and i put a bunch of pots and stuff around our tree, and our parents stepped on them (made noise) etc, and we found out</p>
<p>There wasn't a specific day for me, I just had everyone telling me for a long time and refused to believe it :o</p>
<p>I'm the youngest of 6 so they told me,i knew at a pretty young age.</p>
<p>My brother and I found out together, I was 8, he was 6. About a week or 2 before Christmas we found 2 brand new bikes hidden behind some stuff in the garage. They were the same bikes we received later on Christmas morning from "Santa Claus". That was a depressing day.</p>
<p>I found out when I heard my parents putting the presents under the tree and stuffing the stockings. lol. i was so s a d.</p>
<p>I was about 8 when I realized that Santa couldn't POSSIBLY deliver all his presents to every good child in one night. I figured that he could have to travel at the speed of light and thats assuming that he just TOUCHES the houses (not drop the chimney, eat the snacks nor put the presents everywhere).</p>
<p>Search for "The physics of santa claus" on google. You'll know what i mean.</p>
<p>yeah i heard about that...:D </p>
<p>my dad told me that santa didn't deliver presents when i was like five. he said that santa's too busy to do so that he tells the parents to do his job. haha :) it was all good</p>
<p>i still remember how my brother had put a chocolate chip cookie out for santa. without knowing, i ate it. boy, was he mad. i tried to tell him how santa didn<code>t exist and everything... didn</code>t work.</p>
<p>my parents still deny about them being santa.
and i haven`t been able to catch them in the act. ugh.</p>
<p>I was 8..
I was pretty sure that Santa didnt exist then but it was never confirmed. my parents told me to sit down, and said, 'there's no such thing as santa clause' and I laughed a bit, and then I started crying.. I dont know why i cried. I guess it was just that i believed so much in santa and when they said i used to believe in something fake, i got sad. I have no idea how im going to cope with college rejections..</p>
<p>We were riding in the car, in like July, and randomly my dad goes, you know there's no santa right? and i'm just dumbfounded like, all my hopes come crashing down! I said, yes i know, and he said okay, and started laughing and said, don't worry you'll still get gifts. i barely heard; i was wiping the tears off my chubby cheeks.</p>
<p>I pretty much had it figured out by the time I was 8, but my mom wouldn't admit to it cuz I have two younger siblings. I was always asking why the labels on the wrapping paper were her handwriting and why she had soooo much wrapping paper. After a while she finally told me, but I had to keep it a secret from my siblings (which I successfully managed to do..... a difficult task, but yeah...)</p>