Did you cry when you found out that Santa?

Question

didn't exist?

Answer 1

No....I knew it all along. My parents wanted me to know the REAL reason why we celebrate Christmas...because of the birth of Jesus Christ (he was actually born in the springtime, but we celebrate it in December for some reason)...and not believe a lie and be later disappointed about it.

Answer 2

No, and I remember the conversation petty clearly. I was not even in the first grade yet and asked my big brother if Santa was real. He sat me down at the dining room table and told me no. It was mommy and daddy that put the presents there. I just accepted it as fact. My feelings weren't hurt. Why would they be? I still got lots of presents. And to this day I can still enjoy the "idea" of Santa and appreciate the actual people that love me enough to give gifts.. whether they want to put their actual name on the card or not.

Answer 3

HE was REAL.....


Saint Nicholas (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος , Agios Nikolaos, "victory of the people") is the common name for Saint Nicholas, a Lycian saint and Bishop of Myra (in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). He was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, but is now commonly identified with Santa Claus. Nicholas was never officially canonised; his legend simply evolved among the faithful.[1]In 1087 his remains were abducted and removed to Bari in southern Italy, so that he is also Saint Nicholas of Bari. Among Orthodox Christians, the historical Saint Nicholas is remembered and revered. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, children, and students in Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, the Republic of Macedonia, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro. He is also the patron saint of Barranquilla (Colombia), Bari (Italy), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Beit Jala in the West Bank of Palestine and Russia. In 1809, the New-York Historical Society convened and named Sancte Claus the patron saint of Nieuw Amsterdam, the Dutch name for New York. Thus, Saint Nicholas could also be considered as the patron saint of New York.

Answer 4

Shut up! NO! I posted something about Santa last week and people told me that I was too old to believe and now I hear this? Get out of here!

Answer 5

I just found out now, reading your question. Excuse me while I reach for the hankerchief.

Seriously, no. It wasn't a big deal. I lived in a large famnily, and of course the older kids "caught on" but were discouraged from telling the younger ones, so there was no single moment of shattering revelation.

Answer 6

Yes,Yes,Yes! I was about seven when I found my father's
Santa out fit in a clothes closet, and I put "two and two."
together, why he was not present when Santa was. and I sat in the closet and shed some tears, and did not tell any one,
except child hood friends at the time. I found the out fit in the summer time. Merry Christmas---------------------

Answer 7

I recall asking my mother, straight out, if Santa was real or not. I was eight years old. She (bless her) believed that when children were old enough to ask a question, they were old enough to receive an answer. So, she told me the truth. I think I was quite crushed, but she had also asked me to "keep it to myself" since I had younger siblings who had NOT asked for the truth as yet.

Answer 8

Who told you that?? My moher would,...we never had even that fantasy. : ( it feels kind of sad now.
But this year,my son and I had a talk about St Nicholas,the real guy of the legend,who did exist,and how his spirit of giving does live in the hearts of people.He could accept that without being sad,and proceeded to write to him his yearly letter anyways.I let the kids lead into those conversations.

Answer 9

i never believed in Santa cause i always saw my mom going to the store to buy our presents. i didn't cry either.

Answer 10

Nope. Two of my older cousins told me there was no such thing as Santa, and my mother was livid! She wanted to tell me, she didn't want me to hear it from someone else.

Answer 11

No, but I was very embarassed and a bit stupified as it happened in school and I seemed to be the only kid that didn't know the truth.