My daughter's going on 2 months. Thinking this is the year to finally break it to her, she seems to be on to me and my lies...

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I remember a bunch of older kids teasing me for believing at the Y after winter basketball when I was in first grade or so.  I still believed and wasn't going to be told any different.

 

Only a year or two later, I found some presents my mother did a poor job of hiding.  It was then that the toothpaste came out of the tube.

 

My son is in second grade now and he's got a little sister, so I hope he hangs on a bit longer.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Wasn't allowed to believe in Santa. Looking back my parents expressed regret not doing it so my kids believe in Santa. However at the moment im so mad at them I'm ready to drop the Santa bomb and tell them Christmas is canceled.

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For the parents... this is really cool.  I've done it the past three years for them.

 

https://www.portablenorthpole.com/

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

When I saw we didn't have a chimney. 

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I was in the fourth grade.  We were sitting at lunch and one little kid basically said he knew he wasnt real and told his story how he knew.  I think I questioned it, but that was the nail in the coffin.

 

If I could find that kid now I would punch him.  Like Bch said, it's more fun believing in it.

 

Bch, while we're on the topic...are you ok with the nickname Bch?  I dont want to offend you.

Yep...no problems here! :no:

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

I was eight I think. I found out because my mom forgot to take my tooth for the tooth fairy. Haha.

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"Try not, do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda

I think I was maybe 5-6.. But honestly? The truth never stopped me from believing.. 

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Wasn't allowed to believe in Santa. Looking back my parents expressed regret not doing it so my kids believe in Santa. However at the moment im so mad at them I'm ready to drop the Santa bomb and tell them Christmas is canceled.

When my girls act up, I tell them I saw an elf.  Sometimes I tell them that even when they're being good.  Getting my kids to behave around Christmas is easy.  I just have to remind them Santa doesn't check his list until Christmas eve.

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke. 

I think I was 4-5.  My mother didn't want me to believe.  She'd rather me know that Jesus is the reason for the season.

 

Oh. I though we were talking about Jesus.

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The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.

Santa is real. As long as he exist in the hearts and minds of those that would give he will never die.

 

Granted the Whole North Pole bit is hokey but........

 

 

That's what I say.  Santa isn't a person, he's an idea.  When my kids question whether he's real or not I tell them he's absolutely real.  I just leave out that he's not a person, but the spirit behind Christmas.

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For the parents... this is really cool.  I've done it the past three years for them.

 

https://www.portablenorthpole.com/

 

My dad does that for the kids.  They love it.

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Wasn't allowed to believe in Santa. Looking back my parents expressed regret not doing it so my kids believe in Santa. However at the moment im so mad at them I'm ready to drop the Santa bomb and tell them Christmas is canceled.

 

I don't think a parent should be the one to really break it to kids that Santa isn't real.  You will enjoy it more if they believe in the magic that is Santa.  I couldn't imagine how I would feel if my parents did that to me.

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I don't think a parent should be the one to really break it to kids that Santa isn't real.  You will enjoy it more if they believe in the magic that is Santa.  I couldn't imagine how I would feel if my parents did that to me.

Yeah...seems a little mean to me! Lol

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Wasn't allowed to believe in Santa. Looking back my parents expressed regret not doing it so my kids believe in Santa. However at the moment im so mad at them I'm ready to drop the Santa bomb and tell them Christmas is canceled.

 

Interesting. I wonder how many parents have made such a decision?

 

The peer pressure among parents regarding Santa Clause is pretty intense, so most just go with the flow. I don't recall having any friends as kids who weren't believers, at least for a while.

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The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.

I was in the fourth grade.  We were sitting at lunch and one little kid basically said he knew he wasnt real and told his story how he knew.  I think I questioned it, but that was the nail in the coffin.

 

If I could find that kid now I would punch him.  Like Bch said, it's more fun believing in it.

 

Bch, while we're on the topic...are you ok with the nickname Bch?  I dont want to offend you.

 

Freaked me out, that's my nickname!

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That's what I say.  Santa isn't a person, he's an idea.  When my kids question whether he's real or not I tell them he's absolutely real.  I just leave out that he's not a person, but the spirit behind Christmas.

 

My 8-yo asked us if he was real a couple days ago.  We went ahead and told her "yes".

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The peer pressure among parents regarding Santa Clause is pretty intense, so most just go with the flow.

 

??????!?!

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Interesting. I wonder how many parents have made such a decision?

 

The peer pressure among parents regarding Santa Clause is pretty intense, so most just go with the flow. I don't recall having any friends as kids who weren't believers, at least for a while.

 

I chalk it up to them just not fully understanding the American Christmas culture, I know lots of other first generation families that never did the Santa thing. 

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