Who told you Father Chrismas wasn't real!
2007-11-30 13:55:35 · 26 answers · asked by jack 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
At about 5, I figured it out and confronted my father. I could tell by the way he hemmed and hawwed that I was right, so I played along after that for my little brothers and sisters.
2007-11-30 13:57:25 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wasn't the tradition of Santa Claus started because of a Saint called Saint Nick..who would leave small bags of gold in the houses of the poor?
2007-11-30 13:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by JunkYardPuppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Saint Nicholas?
He was very real, and a genuine Saint who gave up his worldly wealth to help the poor with good gifts. He was born in Turkey, and there is still a statue of him in the town where he lived.
I told my kids all about how this man came to represent selfless giving. Then I told him that we keep his memory alive by giving secret gifts to others. Then I asked them who wants to be Santa Claus!!!! Guess what? Everybody is Santa Claus, and so he lives on.
Of course I did have to say that he lives in heaven now...but then they already knew that nobody lives forever!
Of course, today we commercialize Christmas far too much, and the giving of secret charity has become a big greedy joke, but still it is fun for kids.
2007-11-30 14:12:45 · answer #3 · answered by greengo 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
LOL my parents got lazy and put the presents from "santa" undr the tree two days before christmas. my friend and i were in the room shaking all the gifts to try to figure out what wuz indside when we spotted the tags. Hahaha... at first i thought the elves snuck them in early.
2007-11-30 14:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by torri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stayed awake all night at the window when I was about 8/9yrs. He didnt show but my presents still appeared so I sort of knew after that.
2007-11-30 14:03:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mother
2007-11-30 13:57:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I worked it out for myself along with following certain clues that stood out like a sore thumb.
2007-11-30 22:11:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one! I'm the smart punk who never beleived... untill those 'Anonymous' wrapped boxes came... and the unknown handwrittings... and... the things i never put on the Christmas List that i wanted but never put on just to test...?
2007-11-30 13:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by Tobie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Errm...well....I never, errr, really believed to begin with....about him, the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy...any of it...
So, even though people telling me they weren't real was nice confirmation, it wasn't a surprise...
2007-11-30 13:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me, when i realised that the Santa's in the Santa's Grotto in the shops were not all the same man!
2007-11-30 17:34:06 · answer #10 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋