Mom is the Easter Bunny real?
@shaggin (74988)
United States
March 5, 2017 9:35am CST
When I was 12 and in 6th grade my mom sat me down and told me Santa and the Easter Bunny all were not real. I cried and was sad for days not because Santa wasn't real but because I believed she would never lie to me.
I said when I had my own kids I would always tell them the truth about Santa and I did.. Until 2011 when my daughter was in 1st grade and her father died. She came home and insisted on believing her friends about Santa instead of me.
After her fathers death I couldn't bear to see her hurt again so on Christmas eve I wrapped presents and surrounded them and through the house with confetti.
Now my daughter is 12 and my son is 9. My som asked me if the Easter Bunny is real. I asked him what he thought and he said he said he thought I hide he baskets.
I admitted to it and told him why I chose to lie to make them happy :-/
He said I found some really good hiding spots for the Easter Baskets and he was shocked that with my OCD I put the confetti all over.
I am glad he was not sad about me lying or finding out the characters were fake but I still feel guity for lying about it all these years. I glad it is open now and all out in the open.
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We do not have the Easter Bunny figure.
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
5 Mar 17
I believed for a long time. I believe my mom told us about it once we was old enough to know also. What do your kids think now that they know these characters are not real when they see santa and the easter bunny in stores at the holiday times?
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
5 Mar 17
I am not sure what they will think. I just told my son this last night so I guess I will have to wait and see what they say next time we see a fake Santa etc. What did you do with your kids and telling them about Santa?
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
5 Mar 17
@shaggin I let my kids learn it on their own. Even after they knew we still put a few things from santa mainly stocking stuff.That is what my ex- mother in law did for them.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
5 Mar 17
@Tina30219 aww that sounds nice! I was thinking of buying them an extra little present and doing the same thing.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
7 Mar 17
I think I am reading it wrong.. you told them if they didn't believe in him they wouldn't get a big present from him?
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 Mar 17
I am not a Mom, but I can imagine how difficult it must be to keep the balance between not lying to and yet not disappointing children. Your daughter needed to believe in Santa back then. And you were honest with your son when he asked you outright about the bunny, @shaggin , I also have slight OCD and it is truly love that you were able to strew that confetti.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
6 Mar 17
As soon as they would open their presents I put them all up on the couch a d vaccumed it all up. Even with them knowing about Santa I think I might keep the same tradition just to be fun for them. I absolutely hate messes. If things start getting to messy I get angry and shaky. I really hate having OCD.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
6 Mar 17
@bluesa I followed my kids around picking up after them when they were little. My husband would say to wait until they went to bed but by then it was it of control. To me it's kind of like not flushing the toilet until the end of the night.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 Mar 17
@shaggin , it's good you are going to keep the tradition :) . I just put things back where they belong if someone moves them, and I am last to bed, so make sure all is clean and neat. I only have slight OCD though. Sorry it is so severe for you.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
6 Mar 17
Reality is always a disappointment for a kid but they like to know the truth. My mother hid candy for my older brother who lived with them until he married around 30 years old. He never told mom he knew who hind the candy but he loved the candy and mom knew that - it was a joke in our family..Our older brother sill believe in the Easter Bunny. He left us behind this year at the age almost 80...
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
6 Mar 17
He probably did not believe in it in his 80s but enjoyed the fun of going along with it. I think I will still hide some candy from the Easter Bunny as well. Or I may do things a little different this year and instead of hiding a basket I might just hide some eggs filled with candy.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
7 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate Once he was married and had kids did you start getting them baskets instead?
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
7 Mar 17
@shaggin When he married in his 30's the candy stopped....When my kids were home we had basket for each one and we hid candy everywhere...sometimes when we moved (which we did a lot) when packing up the house we would find old jellybeans...
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
6 Mar 17
I believe that I helped encourage their imagination. It worked for many years. My children still get gifts from Santa and so do I.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
6 Mar 17
@shaggin if my children come for Easter dinner I give each one a small basket filled with goodies.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
7 Mar 17
@ElusiveButterfly my mom does that too
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
7 Mar 17
Aww that would break my heart! I was so glad my son took it so well.
@jillybean1222 (6406)
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6 Mar 17
we never really "tell" them in our house, they just eventually figure it out... but i always say, "You have to believe in Santa to get gifts!" ha ha ha.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
8 Mar 17
@jillybean1222 ha ha with my daughter she tried to trick me like that about Santa. She wanted to give him the list of what she wanted and not let me see it. I told her that she should let me though so I don't wind up buying her the same things she had asked Santa for. She was okay with me seeing the list then. Another year I found a list on the computer of what she wrote Santa so I got lucky that year. This year at 12 I could tell she didn't believe because she would kind of smirk about it but never said anything. It was nice she didn't spoil it for her brother as she's pretty mean to him so I would have figured she would.
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@jillybean1222 (6406)
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7 Mar 17
@shaggin well, my 10 year old is most fresh in my head right now because he is RIGHT at that age where i know he has major doubts, but he still talks about there being a Santa... so i would say 10 is, maybe 11 depending on the kid. i think logan would believe more wholeheartedly, but his best friend's family does NOT do santa... so i know the conversation has come up with them... my second son figured it out sooner than my first because they were such good buddies that i think they figured it out together. my oldest son, Nolan, when he figured out the tooth fairy, he tricked us by NOT telling us he lost a tooth. he put it under the pillow. when the tooth fairy didn't come, he knew... ha ha. smart kid. now, with my youngest two, i don't even worry too much about saying the tooth fairy...
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@JESSY3236 (22246)
• United States
7 Mar 17
I wasn't told that Santa wasn't real, but I found out on my own. I have been to a Easter egg hunt, but we never really did have the Easter bunny thing.
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
8 Mar 17
All the holidays were a pretty big deal at our house growing up. The baskets the Easter Bunny gave us were huge and full of candy. Our Christmas was over the top too. Half the room would be filled with presents for my sister and I and it was a big room.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Mar 17
Actually you did not lie. YOU are Santa and YOU ARE the Easter bunny. Do not feel bad at all.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
5 Mar 17
Aww thank you. I try to be as honest as possible. I always feel guilty about a lot of things I shouldn't and that is not a good thing most of the time as it keeps me up at night and there is no going back in time and changing anything unfortunately.
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
5 Mar 17
I always just let them figure it out on their own. They all do eventually.
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
5 Mar 17
I'm so sorry for your families loss. As for holiday figures? My parents told me quite young. But there were gentle about it. I think they said that Santa was more like a game than a real person...
