<p>i was like... 6.
my kindergarden(?.. or preschool or whatever...) had this stupid idea of disguising some man as santa and letting him visit each of the kid's house to give out christmas presents.
So on christmas eve or something, around 8PM, Santa arrived with a bag, not through the chimney or anything, but he just rang the doorbell!!... He had this really fake looking white beard on... and laughed really funny... and he looked really,,,really familiar.</p>
<p>After the christmas break, me and my friends found out that "santa" was actually one of the staff members who worked at my school.</p>
<p>me and most my friends were kinda at the denial period for few days(except for the ppl who knew already), but after that year, I finally learned the TRUTH!!!</p>
<p>stupid preschool/kindergarden!! it ruined our dreams!!</p>
<p>hahaha this is funny.</p>
<p>when i was in kindergarten, i'd be the kid who would kill the santa claus legend. i literally told everyone "santa is fake... just go to mall and rip that beard of.. trust me, he's just a fat guy with ugly clothes."</p>
<p>my teacher told me to shut up and i was put in time out after three kids cried. i was only 6.</p>
<p>According to Swedish tradition, "Santa" (my dad in disguise) shows up on Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day. I figured it out early on, I can't remember when exactly. I recognized the sweater.</p>
<p>you really are some poison ivy!!</p>
<p>anyway, any college bound kid knew santa claus was fake since birth</p>
<p>only gotta find some evidence, since our parents' are so tricky</p>
<p>I think I was like 6. My parents held a christmas eve party, and all the parents brought presents and gave em to their kids. So I got my presents close to 10pm(they were great, a spiderman van toy and an action figure, you cna beat that even today). </p>
<p>I didn't really care, as long as i got presents. Besides I liked singing holidya songs when i was little(I later realized I couldn't sing).</p>
<p>well, id much rather prefer schools than toys, to tell you the truth</p>
<p>but some cool toys would be OK i guess.. to replace a safety school or something... </p>
<p>anyone play that 20 questions electronic thing yet? its SO SMART!! i havent beaten it once yet</p>
<p>Santa exists...he just doesn't come down chimneys....
and he doesn't have a goofy hat or a big red suit or flying reindeer.</p>
<p>sighh..i'm WAY too idealistic huh?</p>
<p>I cried when i saw santa claus when i was very young. He was my worst nightmare. Well after a few years, I started to like him due to his christmas giving powers (gifts). But when i was 8 years old, I tested if santa existed or not. I wrote a letter so that santa could sign it and put that letter under the christmas tree. Next morning I looked at the letter and had Santa Claus written on it but only my sister was amused (6 years old). I knew that it was my dad's handwritting. So I realized there was no santa claus or rudolf the red nose reindeer.</p>
<p>i haven't been a huge believer in anything superstitious. The whole idea of Santa kinda seemed irrational, but who knows, maybe he exists to the true believers.</p>
<p>I believe in Santa :)</p>
<p>do y'all always take things so literally?</p>
<p>When I was 3 and my brother was 6, I told him that Santa didn't exist. I never believed in him... Don't I lead a sad life? My brother still tells me about it to this day.</p>
<p>uhhh...</p>
<p>santa does exists......</p>
<p>in our heart??? hehehe <em>-</em></p>
<p>I don't give a **** who santa is 'slong as there are presents under the tree. I'm nice to people anyway(easier to trick and take advantage of them later one this way).</p>
<p>Santa is REAL dammit!
(not just "in our hearts")</p>
<p>When did I stop believing? Um, today, when I saw the title of this thread YOU RUINER OF DREAMS.</p>
<p>Not really. My dad didn't want me and my brothers to be the kids who were made fun of in the 4th grade for still believing, so he told us when my oldest brother was 7. I was 4. I don't remember being totally shocked, because my parents never hid gift boxes very well. It was surprisingly not a huge deal for me.</p>
<p>k fine...I actually have a decent "finding out about no santa" story...
i don't remember how old I was, but uhh...on Christmas morning, I noticed the handwriting on Santa's presents was the same as my Mom's... I said something to the effect of "hmm...this says Santa, but it's Mom's handwriting..." and yeah...as I open the present, my Mom goes..."Oh by the way...that's not really from Santa you know." I don't think I was that shocked because I had kind of figured it out beforehand....</p>
<p>I'm hiding my little brother's gift in my suitcase!!
it's perfect :).. (some ideas for unsuccessful parents??! lol)
it took some time for me to figure out where to hide it since it was so big!! hehe...
i can't wait to see my little bro screaming///</p>
<p>oh yea.. my brother is 8 and he still believes in Santa!!(it's sooooo cute)
last year he put oreo cookies and milk in front of our fireplace!! (which my dad ate//) </p>
<p>he's so adorable!!</p>
<p>my bro's 9 and he pretends he believes in santa. i think he wants to look cute. haha. yeah right.</p>
<p>because he was like 'no mum, a ps2 is too expensive and it'll disturb my <em>studies</em>', she bought a ps2. it's from my dad, mom, my sis, and me. haha. i think he already knows. he probably peeked in, if he's the one i've been living with so far. oh well. he better start crying or i'm gonna make him :D</p>
<p>I was a wee 5 year old. I left some cookies and milk for Santa in the living room and I slept there. In the middle of the night, I woke up to find my sister stuffing her face with Santa's cookies and placing presents under the tree. Needless to say, I was devastated. ;___;</p>
<p>My mom told me like...a few months ago, actually. Heartbroken? Yes. Depressed? Definitely.</p>
<p>i<code>m over it now, but it just makes me think, "oh the poor little girl. she</code>s going to learn the brutal truth someday." when i see my 9 year old sis placing her letter to Santa under the xmas tree. :(</p>