I used to believe in Santa. I loved him with all my heart. I tried to be good all year in fear I might get a lump of coal in my stocking. When I found out he was fake I resented my parents for a little while but I’m over it now. I think I’m much happier now that I found the truth. How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus? Maybe you still believe… that’s ok too.
2006-09-15 04:05:14 · 17 answers · asked by PØstapØc 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i never did! neither should u!
2006-09-15 04:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by jeanne g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never stopped believing in the Spirit of Santa. When I was 7 my Dad died and a month later my Grandmother died. My Mom barely had enough money to keep food in the house and pay the bills.
A dear family (The Ford Family) that went to my Dad's church had people asking me what I wanted for Christmas. I didn't know it at the time but they were buying everything I wanted for Christmas that year. My Mom didn't know either. Then on Christmas Eve they knocked on my Mom's door (after I had gone to sleep) with gifts for me as well as her and a full Christmas Dinner already made.
The coolest part. Each gift for me had a card on it that said "Merry Christmas son, Love Daddy". I thank God that the spirit of Santa still lives today in the hearts of people who care for others.
2006-09-15 05:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by James C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a 30 year old mother of 3, As long as there is magic in the hearts of children and the light in their eyes as they see their presents on Christmas morning...there will always be Santa.
2006-09-15 04:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by the_mystical_runt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was seven, my father died. My mom didn't have much money. She told me there was no Santa Claus to explain why Christmas wouldn't be as good as what I was used to.
Then she won an Atari (this was in 1981) from a radio station! *She* had a hard time not believing in Santa after that!
2006-09-15 04:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I realized it when I was almost 11... All the "From Santa" cards were identical to my grandpa's handwriting.
I never loved Santa, nor had any fear of him. He simply gave me presents. I was hurt, not by the fact that there was no Santa, but rather, that my family saw fit to lie to me for the sake of making me happy... and much later on, to be hypocrites, to see that little tiny manger scene beneath the tree, year-after-year, but not once in my life talk about Christ's birth.
I would have rather them given me gifts out of love, or even if out of the fact that I was good, instead of allowing me to assume that Santa was simply part of life and his presents were coming irregardless of my actions. Needless to say, I grew up a very spoiled and selfish child (and as a result, when I got a little older, I became a very spoiled and selfish atheist, as I grew to believe that all things were mine for the taking as I saw fit, and I owed no one nothing, not even kindness... only when I learned of God's gifts of love, or mercy, and of goodness, and became saved, did I mature from the spoiling and the selfishness).
2006-09-15 04:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WTF...there's no Santa????
I knew Santa wasn't real when he never brought me anything I wanted. Perhaps I even felt I wasn't deserving or had done something bad...I remember really wanting to believe, but somehow just knew it wasn't true.
However with my own children, I make sure their every dream and fantasy comes true...it's my quest in life...so hey, I still think they believe and you don't want to know how old they are! LOL
2006-09-15 04:09:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know what, this whole Santa thing is messed up. So is the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy....
How do parents justify lying to their children about things like this (which symbolize materialism, before anything else) and then demand honestly from their children?
2006-09-15 04:08:41 · answer #7 · answered by goldfish65398 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was about 7 years old when my best friend told me and I never forgave him for telling me. I so much wanted to believe!!
2006-09-15 04:09:53 · answer #8 · answered by miataman042 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got a restraining order against him. He was stalking me my whole life and knew everything about me. He kept breaking in our house every year and stealing cookies. One year I saw him assaulting my mother and he left drunk. That is when I quit wanting him around.
2006-09-15 04:08:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i was 9, my parents told me, i was so upset, because before that it was so exciting waiting for Santa to come down the chimney and look out the window Christmas Eve to see if i could see him and the reindeer...................now i wish i was a kid again!
2006-09-15 04:07:32 · answer #10 · answered by AFwife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i stopped when i was five but when i was ten my mom tricked me and i thought he was real again for about three months but then i found out the real truth i miss him wish he was real
2006-09-15 04:09:47 · answer #11 · answered by Waynes Angel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋