Re: Did you believe in Santa growing up?

I still believe....

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Yes, I believed and it was a magical time.
i hope my children experience the same innocence and magic.

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When I was 6, I said to my mom, "Don't lie to me, mom, there can't possibly be a Santa." and she started to cry hysterically. It was the middle of July and I promised my mom I would forget by Christmas that Santa wasn't real. But then I said, "And what about the tooth fairy? She's not real, either, right? But I'll believe in the Easter Bunny because Sarah (my sister) swears she saw him."
I still remember the conversation like it was yesterday

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OMG YES!! I was the biggest believer in Santa. My parents (more my mom) was AMAZING at creating the magic of Santa. When I found out, (i asked my mom after hearing rumors at school) I remember crying and crying. I thought my magic was shattered. But it wasnt. I had a younger sister and then my baby brother came along. I created the magic for them WITH my mother after that.

I am living the dream creating it for my daughter now. I hope she believes as much as I did. I am a Christmas fanatic and I believe so much of it came from my strong belief in Santa Claus. From magic dust (glitter and powder) being sprinkled on the floor to looking at the red lights flashing on the con ed towers...which was told to me that meant Santa was near (I never noticed these lights in the dead of summer LOL)..it was simply amazing!!!

For me it wasnt even about the gifts even when I was little..it was just about this man who would leave his magic dust behind, his half eaten oatmeal cookies and a letter with the most scribbly writing in the world. He was Santa..the most magical man ever..and when I came to find out it was my mom who was Santa..it meant even more to me somehow because it meant my mom was magical..I tell her that till this day. Everyone buys me things that say I still Believe..pjs, plaques, ornaments..because its such a special piece of me.

Sorry that response was SO LONG! LOL

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i def believed.

i dont remember when i figured it out, but i know that i had to pretend for my siblings. even knowing that he wasnt real, pretending still for others, kind of kept it exciting still

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I believed until a boy on the playground (when I was about 7) told us all "it's your parents". I was devastated and felt like I could never trust my parents again!

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Yes I did. I think I confronted my parents about him being not real when I was about 8.

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yes, I also believed in the easter bunny till I was in 5th grade. I actually found the baskets and told my parents they "betrayed" me. I then followed it up with: "Is it true about Santa too?

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I still believe in santa, If you dont believe you get no gifts, I'm a "Big" kid at heart, I found out probably at the age of 9, When my neighbor acrossed the street dressed up at santa and my sister said Hi uncle D. I was like

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oh, totally! i believed until i was like 11!!! one year, i was not starting to think not, but then i watched Miracle on 34th Street, and well, if you know the movie, they prove in a court of law that Santa is real, Susan gets the house she wanted, her Mom gets together with the gorgeous lawyer...how could you not believe?

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I use to believe in santa until I got to the age were I would stay up late to see how he got all those presents under our tree and then I watched as my poor mom and dad would stay up till we finally fell a sleep or so they thought and drag the gifts to the front of the house on a red wagon it wasn't a sad moment or I was heart broken I was just happy to have my presents I would have let the believe forever as long as I got lots of presents

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Of course. In my heart I still believe!

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Posted by IrishTracy

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 a teacher did that to my kid I would raise holy hell!!

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I've SEEN him!


Actually, I did believe for the longest time. My mom even changed her handwritting for the notes "Santa" left for us.

However, I was extremely upset when I found out about being lied to. It still bothers me to this day. I don't dwell on it, of course, but I'm still annoyed.

For DC, we treat Santa like Spiderman. He's a character you see at the stores, on TV, etc, but a stranger doesn't actually watch you while you're sleeping, and sneak into your house in the middle of the night.

If they want to believe, we'll play along with whatever DC want, but if either one of them asks us outright, we won't lie to them (about this, anyway.... I'm not totally against lying to DC for certain topics... ).

We do make a point to DS that he shouldn't talk about Santa at school. Different kids believe different things, and it's not up to him to tell others what he believes in, or to change what they believe in. (I think a lot of conflict in this world would stop if everyone thought this way about all of their beliefs.... )

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Posted by MrsYank

yes, I also believed in the easter bunny till I was in 5th grade. I actually found the baskets and told my parents they "betrayed" me. I then followed it up with: "Is it true about Santa too?

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I totally believed, what a fun time of life! I think I was in 4th grade when I "found out." I overheard my mom on the phone with my Aunt talking about my other Aunt buying cabbage patch kids for everyone (which we had all received from Santa). I was not devastated or horrified that my parents had "lied."

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My mother went to great lengths to keep the magical Santa around, and i will do the same thing for my child. Some of my best childhood memories...I was 9 or 10 when i stopped believing and its been down hill from there, LOL

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Absolutely and there were a few Xmas where I got to see "proof"

I grew up in the Rochester area, so it was common to have snow. The garage room had hoof prints and a sleigh tracks on it. I saw this as we pulled out of the driveway to go to church. I asked my parents about it (and even as an adult years later) and they have no clue how that happened. This happened 2 years in a row.

ETA: I have a lot of little cousins who believe, so when they ask me I always say I believe in Santa - maybe not the man himself, but the acts/miracles he provides little kids (and adults) each year.

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Posted by IrishTracy

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 a teacher did that to my kid I would raise holy hell!!

OMG me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd KILL!!!

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Yes, until my big sis spoiled it for me.

Now my stepdaughter who is 14 promises not to say anything to our new baby when she is here or her cousins. So I asked her when she knew. She said I gave it away becuase of my handwritting on the label.
to Sidney
Love Santa
So now I know I have to be more careful

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I did believe. I had 3 older sisters though so I think they told me in 1st grade there was no Santa.

My 4th grade teacher was a witch and on the first day of class she announced that there was no such thing as Santa, the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy. Some kids were devastated. I'm surprised no parents complained.

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I might have when I was really young. I think after my father died, the whole illusion of Santa was lost for me. My dad died less than a month after Christmas.

I always loved Christmas, even without the thought of Santa. I still love it. For me, Christmas is about family, love, beautiful trees, lights and not the gifts