Finding out the truth about Santa...

somethingwitty · 26-11-2008 06:57PM #1

Can you remember how, when and how you felt when you found out!! I still feel pretty bitter about the whole thing. The feeling of betrayal!!

I think I copped it when I was about 10 and the carrots I left out for Rudolph where in the bin when I went to throw stuff in it the next morning...
One of my friends had to go looking for their presents on Christmas morning(the parents made it a game!...). The parents admitted to them a few years later that they were drunk and forgot to put them under the tree!!!!:eek::eek:
Anyone got any tales?!!...

Overheal · 26-11-2008 06:59PM

I was disappointed, but I still understood that the existence of Santa Claus then appeared to have no bearing on whether I would get presents or not so it wasnt a disaster. I was 5, and when I woke up around midnight to scope out the tree, the door leading upstairs to the living room had been locked out, and I deduced what I needed to from that.

buynow · 26-11-2008 07:01PM

What truth? there is a truth???????

He is really a she?

The beard is fake?

Rudolph is his secret love child? - would explain the nose.

What truth????????????????

Big Knox · 26-11-2008 07:02PM

Wait lets just back up a minute here...

What exactly are you trying to say??

Ruu_Old · 26-11-2008 07:02PM

I knew from an early enough age but just kept ignoring it (my much older neighbour telling me that Santa was my Mam and Dad). There were a few shocked faces in 6th class though when the teacher told us "not to mention anything about Santa not being real to the little ones" so some people might have still been believing.

shenanigans1982 · 26-11-2008 07:02PM

Like most people I found out from the older kids who already knew and thought it would be fun to ruin Christmas for the younger kids. I never quite had to heart to tell my parents that I knew though.

Karl Hungus · 26-11-2008 07:04PM

I found out the truth that Santa was an asshole...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9msSwPDuk

Gandalf23 · 26-11-2008 07:04PM

The truth about santa ...

KnifeWRENCH · 26-11-2008 07:04PM

Actually, I was rather relieved when I found out.
I'd been sick in hospital and didn't get my letter to Santa written, so I got upset because I didn't think I'd be getting any presents. So my Mam told me the truth to reassure me that I would still be getting presents!

I was either 7 or 8 at the time, can't remember exactly.

Turd Ferguson · 26-11-2008 07:04PM

I'm a robot so I was never programmed to believe in Santa.
What a lost childhood

Big Knox · 26-11-2008 07:04PM

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?????

Sharpshooter · 26-11-2008 07:11PM

Cop on to yourselves , he's real l tells ya..;)
There is no get out clause in his contract.

Cianos · 26-11-2008 07:14PM

The Easter bunny told me. the bastard

admiralofthefleet · 26-11-2008 07:16PM

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I found out the truth that Santa was an asshole...

one of the funniest films ever made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVRmXc8PPqk

javaboy · 26-11-2008 07:21PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

one of the funniest films ever made

You accidentally linked to a clip from Bad Santa. If you're quick enough you can ninja edit it and nobody will notice. :pac:

jane86 · 26-11-2008 07:26PM

My mother left prices on some toys and then the next year I caught my dad with the bag of toys when I was going to the bathroom :rolleyes:

monkeyfudge · 26-11-2008 07:28PM

This thread needs spoiler tags.

Terry · 26-11-2008 08:46PM

I was 8 or 9 when my father gave me my first atlas.
When I grasped the actual size of the planet and the amount of people on it, I realised that there was no way that dude was getting around the whole world in one night.

There was a few bits about the solar system and the universe in it and that was the beginning of the end in the whole god thing too.

Overheal · 26-11-2008 08:48PM

Terry wrote: »

I was 8 or 9 when my father gave me my first atlas.
When I grasped the actual size of the planet and the amount of people on it, I realised that there was no way that dude was getting around the whole world in one night.

There was a few bits about the solar system and the universe in it and that was the beginning of the end in the whole god thing too.

What if santa claus is an alien? He could just project a holographic image of himself in through your chimney, and then have scotty beam down your pressies. The cookies were abducted for further analysis.

Prof.Badass · 26-11-2008 08:54PM

getting the same presents for christmas that i had found in my parents bedroom let me know for 100%.

i was always suspicious because i asked for a playstation every year and never got one, even though the bold boys in school got them :mad:.

ejmaztec · 26-11-2008 08:56PM

Terry wrote: »

I was 8 or 9 when my father gave me my first atlas.
When I grasped the actual size of the planet and the amount of people on it, I realised that there was no way that dude was getting around the whole world in one night.

There was a few bits about the solar system and the universe in it and that was the beginning of the end in the whole god thing too.

So, did you take this big hint and leave home?

somethingwitty · 26-11-2008 09:08PM

In Primary school too a teacher took a nervous break down and told all the little infants "SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE... BUT THERE IS NO SANTA!!!". She sat and cried then for a few hours. Nobody knew what to do...:pac:

metaoblivia · 26-11-2008 09:13PM

I don't remember what my reaction was when I found out there was no Santa, but I know it was better than this kid's:

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1033/1033_01.asp

Wertz · 26-11-2008 09:22PM

Climbing under my grandparents' bed, I found several boxes. I figured that these must be my surprise b'day gift (my b'day is a coupla weeks after xmas) and said nothing...I mentioned it later to my mum who turned around and laid out the facts. I was pretty pissed off but not surprised. I was 10.
I've always wondered if lying to your kids about sh*t like this during the formative years of their lives is entirely a good thing...but then all the dishonesty is offset with presents so I suppose it's all good.

^just in case we have any youngsters reading

Prof.Badass · 26-11-2008 09:23PM

metaoblivia wrote: »

I don't remember what my reaction was when I found out there was no Santa, but I know it was better than this kid's:

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1033/1033_01.asp

he's trying to convert you. don't fall for it.

Aidric · 26-11-2008 09:28PM

I still believe.

DarkJager · 26-11-2008 09:53PM

Santa down here in Limerick drives around in a honda civic with weed smoke blowing out the windows and 2pac up full blast...

I believed in him until I grew up to be exactly the same....:D

Kiera · 26-11-2008 09:57PM

I cant remember when i found out or how. But i do remember when my bro and his wife split up the cow told my 6yr old niece there was no santa. Why would you do that to a poor child? :mad:

Mint Sauce · 26-11-2008 10:01PM

was about 9 or 10, became suspect when he still managed to find the right house, even when were on holiday and i wouldn't know which realatives house we would be in until a night or two before

milked it for another year, when still got what i wanted without even writting,

some of my older cousins tried spolling it for me a year or two ealier when they kept eating the cookies i was leaving out

Terry · 26-11-2008 10:04PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

So, did you take this big hint and leave home?

Wasn't actually living with him at the time. I think the hint was for me to come home.

Overheal · 26-11-2008 10:05PM

Kiera wrote: »

I cant remember when i found out or how. But i do remember when my bro and his wife split up the cow told my 6yr old niece there was no santa. Why would you do that to a poor child? :mad:

That reminds me of something one of the Smods wrote on the banlist a few months ago:

shilling. worthless shilling. And by the way, theres a spelling error on your website, but im not telling you where.

Finding out the truth about Santa...

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