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LoveyQ
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Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I've been wondering about this. I don't remember ever believing that Santa was REAL, but I knew who he was and what he "does" etc. I just never remember believing that all the gifts came from him - we got gifts from my parents, my aunts/uncles. And I definitely don't ever remember "finding out" he was not real and being heartbroken or upset about it.
So I'm curious, if you celebrate Christmas, did you believe in Santa? Do you remember when you found out he wasn't real?
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MetsGirl07
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
oh yes! what fun times !
i can't remember at what age i knew..
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| Posted 11/11/09 2:38 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Absolutely! for YEARS passed when other kids did  I didn't find out all at once, just gradually so it was not as heartbreaking.
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| Posted 11/11/09 2:41 PM |
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JennyPenny
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Absolutely. My cousins and my sister and I used to look out the window the night of Christmas Eve, and my sister and I slept under the table in the living room that was set up for guests Christmas Day. 
ETA: I don't remember when I figured out he wasn't real- but I don't think I really cared, either..
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Yep!!!  For some reason as I got older (7+) I was on a crusade to prove he didn't exist. I think I found out around 9. I recovered quickly...it's not like the gifts didn't stop coming when I stopped believing. 
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| Posted 11/11/09 3:06 PM |
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rojerono
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I learned the truth when I was in Kindergarten.. but I kept up the ruse for my parents because I had it in my head that I'd get more presents if I believed.
My 8 year old has probably known for a few years.. always asking questions and feeling me out. He finally asked straight out this year and begged me to tell him the truth. So he knows who puts presents under the tree and that Santa exists as the spirit of Christmas.
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PaddysGirl
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Yes I did. And I remember flipping out that when I was told the real story. I believed for a LONG time. It's quite embarassing. I was soooo upset and angry that my parents lied to me and I was embarassed. My poor dad had a lot of clean up to do 
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MrsFab
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Posted by Tilde
Absolutely! for YEARS passed when other kids did I didn't find out all at once, just gradually so it was not as heartbreaking.
umm yea I was in fifth grade everyone else knew in like 3rd grade- I didnt care what they said, I swore there was a Santa
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| Posted 11/11/09 3:59 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
No, we were never told that Santa was anything other than just a nice thing to say/think about at Christmas - he was just the decoration, the man in the song, the thing that represents the "decoration/pretty" part of Christmas. Obviously, the true meaning is much more religious..
I knew my gifts came from my parents and that they had to work hard to get them - and that I had to earn them. It was not traumatic at all when I grew up because I never had to learn that this thing I believed in was made up. I remember my friends were DEVASTATED to find out.
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| Posted 11/11/09 4:08 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Yes!!!
At night my brother and I would swear we heard the reindeer on our roof. Oh man. What great memories.
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| Posted 11/11/09 4:13 PM |
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springchick
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
oh yes! it was heartbroken when my cousin told me the truth
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Sash
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
WHAT, Santa isnt real 
Yes, I did believe in Santa. One of my greatest memories as a kid was leaving santa a 5th avenue candy bar cause we didnt have cookies to give him. I was so scared he wasnt going to eat it and couldnt believe it when I woke up and the candy was gone but there was a note on the wrapper saying he loved it
ETA: needless to say my mother loved 5th Ave bars, what a concidence.
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DiamondGirl
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Yes!
My brother is 4 yrs older and he kept it going until the 4th grade by insisting he saw him and I wouldn't wake up
5th I went on a mission to find my presents and I did! lol
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| Posted 11/11/09 4:23 PM |
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MarathonKnitter
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
nope. never believed
my parents weren't very good at pretending to be santa... i still loved christmas
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| Posted 11/11/09 4:34 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Posted by Tilde
Absolutely! for YEARS passed when other kids did I didn't find out all at once, just gradually so it was not as heartbreaking.
I believed till I was 13
But mine was not gradually my Dad's GF at the time told me. I was devastated. She thought I was too old to believe. They pretty much broke up because of it.
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| Posted 11/11/09 4:41 PM |
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Otherme
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I believed until about 6 or 7 when i noticed that Santa's note to me looked just like my Dad's writing!
I wasn't too upset, i was more proud of myself for figuring it out. The Santa experience was still fun, even knowing he wasn't real 
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shiv
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Yes I believed! I think a kid at school ruined it for me, but I wasn't as upset cause I still got presents. I remember sneaking into my mom's room or looking for the hidden presents, so at some point I knew the gifts were just from my parents. And I still knew I had to be good cause it was mom buying the gifts and she could easily take them away. I was much more scared of mom than Santa!
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| Posted 11/11/09 4:56 PM |
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drpepper318
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I believed until I was 7 or 8, then I kind of figured it out little by little and put the pieces together that he coudln't be real. I wasn't devastated though, although Christmas was way more fun back when I thought Santa was real!
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smdl
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I completely believed in Santa.
Found out when I was 6, My 1st grade teacher took great pleasure tooking all of us at the end of the classroom, made us sit by her and told us than our parents had lied to us. That everything we believed in was a lie. Tooth fairy, Santa, Easter bunny.... everything! To this day, I remember the jubilation she had while tellling us.
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GioiaMia
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Posted by smdl
I completely believed in Santa.
Found out when I was 6, My 1st grade teacher took great pleasure tooking all of us at the end of the classroom, made us sit by her and told us than our parents had lied to us. That everything we believed in was a lie. Tooth fairy, Santa, Easter bunny.... everything! To this day, I remember the jubilation she had while tellling us.
I wish horrible diarrhea on her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 11/11/09 5:30 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I still remember her name. MRS. VANDERBERG!!! She was a complete witch. Did not belong teaching 1st grade.
The stories I have with her are amazing... as in the most evil. She hated me!
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| Posted 11/11/09 5:33 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Posted by smdl
I completely believed in Santa.
Found out when I was 6, My 1st grade teacher took great pleasure tooking all of us at the end of the classroom, made us sit by her and told us than our parents had lied to us. That everything we believed in was a lie. Tooth fairy, Santa, Easter bunny.... everything! To this day, I remember the jubilation she had while tellling us.
If anyone did that to my kid at that age I would be in jail
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GioiaMia
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
I was just thinking that -- if anyone did that to my nieces or nephews I would also be in jail! 
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JoesWife628
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Posted by smdl
I completely believed in Santa.
Found out when I was 6, My 1st grade teacher took great pleasure tooking all of us at the end of the classroom, made us sit by her and told us than our parents had lied to us. That everything we believed in was a lie. Tooth fairy, Santa, Easter bunny.... everything! To this day, I remember the jubilation she had while tellling us.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS HORRIBLE!!!!!
I believed in Santa up until about 8 or 9 yrs old. We used to go to my Nani's house in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve and then come home. I would put on my x-mas pajamas and head to bed. Well this particular year we came home, i went and put on my pajamas and my brother (who is 10 yrs older than me) said "c'mon and help us bring the presents down, you know Santa isn't real." Thanks big bro for scarring me for life 
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| Posted 11/11/09 5:46 PM |
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LemonHead
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Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?
Posted by DaniRella
No, we were never told that Santa was anything other than just a nice thing to say/think about at Christmas... Obviously, the true meaning is much more religious..
I knew my gifts came from my parents and that they had to work hard to get them - and that I had to earn them. It was not traumatic at all when I grew up because I never had to learn that this thing I believed in was made up. I remember my friends were DEVASTATED to find out.
Same here.
I knew about Santa but never was told or thought he was real. Ever. I don't feel I missed out on anything.
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