Santa Claus

Blisterman

So what age did you stop believing in Santa Claus?

It was more of a gradula thing for me, rather than an epiphany. I got suspisious. I finally stopped believing around 8 or 9.

Mossy Monk

cant remember when exactly but i was maybe 8 or 9 at a guess

Mr.Nice Guy

I think I was 12. It's been sh*te ever since to be honest.:(

johnny_ultimate

Sssh! There could be kids reading this
Yeah, but I remember it being around 10 or 11.. Probably as late as 6th class :eek:

flanger20002003

My first post! One to cherish methinks...yeah, I reckon I was in or around 8 or 9...seem to remember someone in school ruined it for me...

WellyJ

I cant remember, probably 10 or so.

- bo -

just having this conversation at lunch today.

i was really young, i'd say about 7 or so. i just kept questioning me mam one morning until she started laughing and i knew straight away...

Bettyboop

Iwas 9.Caught my dad climbing down from
the attic with my guitar.:(

mikelmessi

I was 9. Santa left me a note, telling me to share my present with my brother, in what looked suspiciously like my Mother's writing. Enquiries in the school playground confirmed my suspicions. But I didn't let on that I knew until I was 12 as I knew that the quality of presents would drop off. Which they did.
But one thing always made me doubt my suspicions. One year I got Connect 4 and lost a piece during the year. The next year I got another boardgame and there was a Connect 4 piece to replace it inside the plastic packaging of the box. Still don't know who they did it, and they can't bloody remember!

junkyard

I think the day you stop believing in Santa the spirit of Christmas dies. I hate kids who spoil this for younger kids. I think part of me still believe's and it would be great if the presents got bigger.... maybe a new BMW M5 this year would be nice.:D

Did anyone else hate getting clothes for Christmas instead of toys as they got older or was it just me?

johnnyrotten

valerie wrote:

Iwas 9.Caught my dad climbing down from
the attic with my guitar.:(

I caught my Dad climbing down the Chimney!

Sparky

i believe santa is real, he even has an account here ya know

monkeyfudge

It was ruined for me by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in one of their lame comedy sketches in the 80's.

There are far too many TV shows that give it away really... is it supposed to be clever or something?

The Simpsons is always nice and subtle about it, but stuff like Father of the Pride just exclaims it out straight in unfunny jokes.

Tusky

If you tell a young kid that santa shouldnt exist you should go to jail. Its worse then beating them up if you ask me.

Sparky

but i saw mommy kissing santa claus.

tusky, i agree with ya, its like a higher power saying there is no god

funk-you

ah i remember that terrible day well. That bitch Karen ******* turned to me in class and uttered the words "you dont still believe in santa do ya?" F uckin Bitch.

largerthanlife

i remember those good ol days when santa used to deliver presents,then he stopped when i was 11...i always wondered why?

The Real B-man

what santas not real:eek:

Crucifix

monkeyfudge wrote:

It was ruined for me by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in one of their lame comedy sketches in the 80's.

There are far too many TV shows that give it away really... is it supposed to be clever or something?

The Simpsons is always nice and subtle about it, but stuff like Father of the Pride just exclaims it out straight in unfunny jokes.

One of my cousins learned the truth from an episode of Friends on in the afternoon on a Saturday.

joejoem

I was in 3rd class in primary school and it was in our English Reader! I remember the kid next to me pointed the page out weeks ahead of us reading it. It said something like


"Saint Nicholas was a good hearted man who gave presents to orphans many years ago. He is long since dead but his legend still goes on. Every year parents buy there children presents and pretend to them that Saint Nicholas (or Santa Claus) comes down the chimney leaving presents for the good children......"

Actually I'm going to quote that because I think it was scarred into my memory. I was devestated. Even the year before when I asked for a mountain bike and my dad said he couldnt do that because he had to leave money out for Santa, and couldnt afford that much I didnt cop! I wanted to believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I love you Santa, you can come down my chimney anytime.

xzanti

Cant remember when I stopped believing but my mother swears blind every xmas morning that there are presents there for us that she "doesnt recall buying for us and has no idea where they came from" :rolleyes:

I do hope shes jesting... Id hate to think shes losing her marbles so young

Miguel_Sanchez

I think I was about six or seven and I figured it out for myself. It was disappointing but I never told anyone - not even my friends.

I remember asking for a pirate ship and knowing definitely on Christmas morning that I was going to get it because my parents hadn't suggested that it was 'too expensive for Santa's elves to afford'.

Spicy Lauren

Was about 7.
Couldn't understand the fact that Santa looked different in every shopping centre I was I coped on when I saw the black Santa

Kept it for myself until my parents realised there was no point in lying anymore.

Too smart of a kid I was

Steve_o

He's real, i saw him in traffic on the M50 there 2 days ago!!!

xzanti

Steve_o wrote:

He's real, i saw him in traffic on the M50 there 2 days ago!!!

Monday?? No way you couldnt have.. He was outside my job all day on Monday... Lyar :rolleyes:

galwaydude

i was 11 and it was ruined by a storyline in "home and away" lol. Sad or what. Bows his head in shame!!

bounty_hunter

I think I was about 8. I already had my suspicions so, armed with my list of evidence, I bombared my poor mother with questions until she finally looked so defeated that it was obvious she was lying.

cartman

it was 8 or 9 for me, kept it up to the parents until i was bout 13, you get whatever you want when santa is coming, since then you get what they want to get you:/

Feenikusu

I was about 4 or 5 when I stopped believing in...well, I can't even remember in what I believed. On Dec. 6 there was Saint Nicholas, Dec. 24 there was the Christ Child, but of course I also knew Santa Claus from all that american movies and ads. Don't know what I imagined him to do.
Well, but on Christmas Eve I saw my mother putting some presents on a table, and when I asked her for whom they are, she said, for some relatives.
But when we came back from church that evening I got exactly the presents from this table, so I knew that they were from my mother and not from the Christ Child.

BoozyBabe

flanger20002003 wrote:

seem to remember someone in school ruined it for me...

It's SO unfair when that happens.

Children as young as 5 & 6 are having it ruined for them because of some little pr!cks, & sure the magic of Christmas (or most of it anyway) is gone once you stop believing.

I was about 10-11.

I've a cousin, she's about 10 yrs older than me, who was 15 or 16 when the parents had to eventually tell her!!!!!:eek:

They thought for a while that she must've known & only be playing along with the whole idea, but when the years past & she was still talking about it they realised they had to tell her before she got the cr@p kicked out of her at secondary school.

She bawled her eyes out for days & days, & actually wouldn't believe them for a good while!!

How sad!

johnny_ultimate

Crucifix wrote:

One of my cousins learned the truth from an episode of Friends on in the afternoon on a Saturday.

I remember said Friends episode. I was around ten when i saw it and remember thinking "No Phoebe! Dont let it be true!". It is for that reason that Lisa Kudrow will always remain my least favourite Friend

Dermington

5 years old

Nightwish

I had my suspicions,so I put my parents to the test by not allowing them to see my letter to Santa, I posted it myself and refused to say what I wanted for Christmas. So my mother pestered me and I kept saying that she'll see what I get on Christmas morning. She then said "Well you know there is no Santa" and I said "yeah"

Santa Claus

Who says I don't exist ??

Ask anyone who posted on the "Dear Santa" thread last year if they got what they wanted if you don't believe me !

Gordon

Don't worry Santy, the poll says you're real too.

Chong

All the same I think up until around 7 or 8ish its probably one of the best kept secrets in the world. Its lousy on kids around 5 and 6 finding out. Ever since I found out christmas just isnt the same fun and that was 13 years ago like .

Santa Claus

Gordon wrote:

Don't worry Santy, the poll says you're real too.

Cheers Gordy, Denise Richards will be under your tree as requested on the 25th

Nimrod's Son

I think I was 8 or 9 at when I found out. Someone in our primary class blabbed so everyone found out on that faithful day. Never been the same since.... (Christmas that is, not me! )

Gordon

Santa Claus wrote:

Cheers Gordy, Denise Richards will be under your tree as requested on the 25th

Thank goodness. I can be a bad boy with her after Christmas though right?

Oriel

Gordon wrote:

Thank goodness. I can be a bad boy with her after Christmas though right?

Now Gordon, don't forget to share with the other children...

homah_7ft

I never believed in it. It's bad when children are told by tv programs etc and not allowed to realise it for themselves.

da1&only

I was in third class and the teacher was telling everyone to stop messing or we wouldnt get anything off Santa and i was pretending to be "mad" said there wasno such thing as Santa even tho i still beleived just to annoy the teacher.So then she called me up to her desk and told me not to ruin it for everyone else and keep it to myself i was devestated but i guess i kinda deserved it tho....

spiderlegs

I remember asking my mam that question and she simply replied "would you like me to tell you the truth?" I said no...that pretty much summed it up but I was still in denial.It's amazing how many things about Santa go over kid's heads, they seem oblivious to such obvious facts. Awww the innocence. Santa was great.

Santa Claus

Gordon wrote:

Thank goodness. I can be a bad boy with her after Christmas though right?

Gordy, If you weren't a bad boy with her you'd be on the naughty list for next year !

And Sinecurea, he doesn't have to share her (unless it's with natalie Imbruglia and some whipped cream!!!!)

azezil

About 10 I think and if that wasn't traumatic enough my dear mother was good enough to tell me about the facts of life, at the same time with aid of diagrams.

LegacyUser

about 11, I am the oldest child, so there was no one to spoil it for me.
My brother totally ruined it for my sister. He opened the wardrobe and showed her all her presents - the little ****. She was only about 7.

My folks tried to convince her that thats how Santa makes it all the way round the world, by dropping presents off early and then asking the parents to put them under the tree on Christmas Eve.
It was a good try, but I am not sure she fell for it.

tbh

I remember the day i heard about santa, it was September, I was 11, and my mam sat me down to tell me that her and my dad were seperating. For some reason, the first question I asked after I heard was "Is santy real?" and she shook her head. tough day

carbonkid

I dont think i can remember when i found out but i dont think i was that upset. Actually thinking about it i found out at a really young age so my parents could get drunk while i wrapped and hide the presents...my poor little fingers were raw from the paper cuts *sniffles*

Shabadu

I was seven. My Father was working in England at the time, and they didn't have the cash to get me the My Little Pony paraphenalia I wanted for christmas; I couldn't understand why Santa would bring my friends the things they asked for but I couldn't have whatever bit of plastic I wanted at the time.

My Mother was just so tired and frustrated she just screamed 'There is no fúcking Santa!'. I packed my bag and ran away to the other end of the garden for the rest of the day. :v:

Peteee

I suppose I was 11 or 12.

I asked my parents why they were lighting the fire, and that santa would burn his arse. They just said that santa wasn't real, and I nodded, cos I kinda knew anyways, suppose I just wanted better presents.

I think I believed for so long, because one day when I was about 6 or 7 it snowed on xmas eve, and when I was a sleep, my parents went out onto the snow and drew sleigh marks down the garden. Since my parents are lazy, I thought it must have been santa! :v:

Christmas has just been getting worse and worse each year with out him.

Tobias Greeshman

I was about 9 or 10 and I remember I had asked the tooth fairy for an old Irish one pound note. I found a letter under my pillow in the morning explaining that wasn't possible had hand writing exactly like my mother. Confronted my mother shortly afterwards about it and found out the truth about the tooth fairy, easter bunny and santa claus. Well I was one shocked child. :eek: