how old were you when you found out there was no santa?

christmas is my favorite time of the year too. i can't remember my exact age when i first learned that "santa" was really my mother and father. i am glad that they choose to make us believe in santa when we were young, because it made the wait for christmas day that much more fun. we use to leave cookies and milk for him. other kids at my school told me that santa wasn't real. that following christmas just wasn't the same, i was still happy because i got everything that i wanted, but it was still kind of hard finding out that he wasn't real. it wasn't hard as in i was depress or anything, things just was different. thanks for sharing with us. thanks for replying.

Hi shontia,

It is really hard to find out something like that when you are small bit like the tooth fairy I suppose.
When we used to have Carol Singers around the Houses late at night and because you were small you were already tucked up in bed just listening to them singing made it like magic and it was magic because I wanted to believe that it was so. No one can take that away from you ever.

when i told my parents what other kids said about santa not being real, they told me that he was. eventually it camed out and it was confirmed. i think my parents use to miss the times when i thought he was real, because they would stay up until the kids went to sleep and then place the gifts under the tree, they use to say that, that was one of the fun parts about christmas. i didn't talk that much about it because i had 3 younger siblings. now that we are grown, my parents enjoy telling stories about meeting santa, and helping us play santa with our kids. thanks for sharing and for responding to this discussion. have a nice day.

seem like santa has been good to you. i feel bad for your brother, i bet now he wish he didn't say anything.:) it's a wonderful feeling seeing the excitement in my kids eyes when they wake up and see what santa has left for them. it brings back so many wonderful memories from when i was a child. who knows maybe this year you will get a gift from santa. he has been good to me too, i can't wait to see what i'll get this year.: )!!! thanks for sharing with us and for responding. have a nice day.

i am sure your parents did a great job. one thing i liked was on christmas eve night my mother would help me and my brothers and sisters draw pictures to leave out for santa with the milk and cookies. the next day the glass would be half empty and we would see crumps left in the plate. our mother would tell us how excited santa was over the pictures and the treats we left him. that made our christmas special too. i also remember when i was around 3 and 4 and i would look up in the sky at night and see the red light from a plane and think that it was rudolph. lol. i use to wonder why he passed our house and didn't stop and my dad would tell us that he was coming to our house but we had to go to sleep first. i am now doing some of the same things with my kids and i hope they carry on the tradition when they have kids. thanks for sharing with us and for responding.

Shontia your comment brought tears to my eyes because it was exactly the same as happened in our house when I ws young. I used to find an empty glass and the crumbs too and we used to look up towards the stars hoping to see him too. It all sounds sooo familiar

We were so lucky that our parents made it all so real for us and sad that as adults we have no more magical things to believe in

thanks for responding, have a nice day.

that's nice, i am glad you had a happy childhood. thanks for responding.

aww, sorry you had to find out that way. starting this discussion has brought back many memories i had as a child. reading what everyone has wrote about their christmases reminds me of things that me and my family use to do. i wish you could have found out in a better way, even though i don't think there is a "better" way to find out that santa, the man we believed in all those years when we were young don't really exist. it was fun and exciting while it lasted. my kids are already ready for christmas, they say they can't wait to see what he is going to bring. thanks for sharing with us and for responding.

no, i never came across a person who stopped trusting their parents when the truth came out about santa either. i also don't think anyone was traumatized about it either. i do think that a lot of kids after finding out the truth wish that it was true, because it did make christmas a little more exciting. i have a good little while before my kids will get to the age where they may stop believing in santa and i am going to cherish each and every christmas with them until they find out. thanks for sharing with us and for responding. have a nice day.

thanks for responding.:)

yes i always wanted to see him too. it took it a while for me to finally believe that he wasn't real after i was told. all the stories that were told to me over the years made it kind of hard for me to accept the fact that i would never get to meet him. when i was little i use to say that when i am grown and have kids of my own me and santa was going to have a long talk over milk and cookies. lol. i do enjoy playing santa for my kids, i now see how exciting it was for my parents. thanks for sharing with us and for responding.: )