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2007-07-23 13:58:06 · 14 answers · asked by morshedsha 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A little fantasy is good for the soul.
When we told our daughter (an only child) that Santa was not real (I think she was five) we told her that it was a secret, and now she could be a part of the fun. That year we snuck into Grandma and Grandpa's house (legally, of course) and hung stockings and left presents on Christmas Eve. Not only did she learn the joy of giving, it showed her that Christmas was not all about her.
By the way...she STILL likes to play Santa at 18!
2007-07-23 14:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by mizmead 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My parents told me from earliest childhood that there was no such thing as Santa Claus (or the Easter Bunny). I was raised in a devoutly religious household, and my mother saw Santa Claus as something that could take my focus off of Christ during the holidays. Instead, she encouraged me to study the life of St. Nicholas of Myra, upon whose life some of the Santa Claus stories were modeled.
2007-07-23 21:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by solarius 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I didn't grow up Christian. I've never celebrated Christmas as a tot, but I did believe there was a Santa, because all my friend seemed to know about him. I stopped believing when I was about 8 or 9? I think? I realized Santa wasn't real when I found my friend's Christmas presents on the bottom shelf of her towel closet when I was playing hide and go seek.
2007-07-23 21:06:05 · answer #3 · answered by Alley S. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whats better, a lie that draws a smile or the truth that draws a tear. It's harmless fibbing haha. My parent never told me but i figured it out when i was around 9 or 10. I used to write santa a note every christmas eve. As years went on i would read the notes he wrote back and te notes the easter bunny wrote back. The writing was the same. Then i realized that my mothers handwriting was exactly like theirs. My sister eventually explained the truth to me.. i was sad for a bit... actaully im still sad haha !! i wish santa was real !!!
2007-07-23 21:04:34 · answer #4 · answered by nagurnsk 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No one told me. I figured out on my own that Santa Claus wasn't real when I was seven or eight. I waited two years to tell my parents I didn't believe in Santa, because I didn't want to hurt their feelings.
2007-07-23 21:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother didn’t have to tell us anything, since our only Christmas presents came from the church party for the poor kids in the community. We knew we behaved better than some of the kids that Santa visited. We could do the math.
2007-07-23 21:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
in my country there is no santa but the wise men, and they didnt tell me the truth when i was a child not to spoil the day, and maybe because that way they could hide behind them when they didnt buy me what i asked them...
Anyway it was nice all the ritual, just to go to bed and waith till they came and then waking up and voila! the presents are there...it would have been colder if they just give me the presents like that, without the mystery and the magic of the wise men.
2007-07-23 21:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my mom didn't tell me about santa claus until I was eleven or twelve, to save me embaressment at school and because they knew at that age I would know better than to tell my sister the truth
2007-07-23 21:02:18 · answer #8 · answered by Sid 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my parents always told me that santa claus was just a fable. They told me about the real saint nicholas however.
2007-07-23 21:00:36 · answer #9 · answered by NY Lady 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My parents told me he wasn't real along with all the other mythical things. They also sent me to a Christian school so I really never felt deprived of anything. (Oh I've also never celebrated a single Halloween.) They just didn't believe in that stuff so they didn't want us to because they knew it was wrong.
2007-07-23 21:07:12 · answer #10 · answered by wheezerelo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋