Santa

[astrosdude91]

Around age 17.

 

[Skython]

My cousins found out and ruined it for me too early... I CANNOT BELIEVE!!!!!

 

[tlowr4]

Well, I can't really say much for Santa, we didn't have a fireplace and...let's face it, I'm not that dumb! I can tell you a funny story about the Easter Bunny though:

I was 4 (this is in April of 2001), and my mother and father went to a ton of trouble for Easter that year. They cut out stencils of a giant bunny print and at midnight went through the house and dusted icing sugar on top of them to leave a fluffy bunny print on the floor, leading from the doorway (how he got in without a key, I'll never know, hence why the year later the penny dropped that he didn't exist) to the end of my bed, and back out the door, across the front patio, and into the garden (there was chocolate eggs and a treasure map and stuff, we did it every year). I woke up in the morning (5:30 in the morning as most kids do) ran into the living room, collecting bits of chocolate and stuff as I went. I went outside, just took a peek at the front patio, than ran back into mum and dad's room. I jumped on the bed, as most kids do, 'till mum and Rob woke up. I said:
"I found the Easter eggs you hid, Dad. But when mum finds the mess that that Easter Bunny made, she's gonna kill him!"

Then happily started munching on a chocolate egg.

And that's how it's done 👍

 

[Peter.]

I never had a chimney to begin with. Not only that, but the fact that we went Christmas shopping kind of gave it away.

 

[axletramp]

It's Ok, apparently Santa is like Dracula and can assume a gaseous form allowing him to get through the smallest gap. Nothing creepy in that at all...

 

[astrosdude91]

Haven't you guys ever seen The Santa Clause? Obviously a chimney and fireplace magically appear, and disappear before you wake up.

 

[tlowr4]

^^ This.

 

[DG_Silva]

No, it's not that at all. Santa Claus has a magic key that can unlock any door in the world, that's how he gets in...

 

[axletramp]

Santa is always in your house. He never leaves. He lives between the floor boards and watches you at night.

 

[dhandeh]

Santa is always in your house. He never leaves. He lives between the floor boards and watches you at night.

This is wasted here, it needs to be put on cbeebiesplanet or similar!

 

[tlowr4]

This is drunk here, it needs to be put on antidepressants or similar!

Fixed.

 

[disinfected]

Probably when I realized he can't be at multiple malls at the same time.

 

[Crispy]

The presents were under the tree three weeks early with his signature on some of them! Oh, my awesome problem solving skills at that age!

 

[tlowr4]

^^ He likes you, he came early!

 

[dxm8975]

I had been wondering whether Santa did exist in reality or not, and believed in them until I grew up to be enough mature so that I can be rational about things around me, when I was a little kid I was looking forward to receiving a present yearly sent from somebody "invisible and gaseous" to me, the Santa doesn't call into my house staying up late all the night or I never heard strange noises or footsteps beside while I was falling in asleep. Couldn't know the evidence of their beings around my region in any way.

Recent years however, if there are only 100 santas or so that come over exclusively to Japan, I doubt the presence of Santas because it's utterly impossible to promise all the wishes of a number of children in the country to be granted at night on the same day, and judge who's a good boy or not, bringing gifts meeting with their wants. Presents from "Santas" might actually be the souvenirs that come out as a result of our reverie or hallucination, with a guaranty that they don't disappear after children do something offensive to them.

 

[Pupik]

Santa did exist, but we keep his legacy alive to force our kids to obey us.

Fixed that for you.

 

[GregTheStig]

LIES!!

I figured it out once I realized that being able to make all those trips in such a short amount of time is impossible. I felt like I was just going with the story for fun until my parents told me the truth.

I had it easy compared to my sister though because one of her friends told her the truth when she was like 6

 

[TB]

My seven year old is starting to question the Santa situation but if he wants an extra gift, he'll keep his mouth shut around his younger brother.

 

[Robin]

I figured it out pretty young, around 5-6 that this guy was seriously unlikely to exist. I wasn't too bothered any way (I know some kids seriously break down when they find out), all I wanted was presents from anyone!

 

[Wiegert]

The last time I remember believing in him was christmas '97 (I was 6 at the time). I think part of the reason was down to me finding my parents wrapping presents when I was about 7, but I was already sceptical about his existence by this point. Me and my younger brother learned the truth at roughly the same time, but neither of us were bothered by it though.

 

[Slash]

I never really believed (from my parents, seeing him at the mall made me scream and cry and not go anywhere near him lol, I never liked big huge beards, probably the same reason I was always afraid of one of my uncles) in Santa, I eventually figured out they were doing it. I played along for my younger sisters but thy eventually figured it out too within a few months. They never really cared. Now when Christmas comes my parents are like what do you want lol. But they still write from Santa on the gifts to make it fun.

 

[Crumpet]

I always knew he was a pedophile.

 

[Slash]

Santa Who?

He does exist he brought you GT5 last year didn't he.

This actually happened to me, GT5 came with my brand new PS3 I'd been begging for for 3 years lol

 

[Wyvern_64]

What?! Santa doesn't exist?! *cries in a corner*

I figured it out when I was 5 when I noticed "Santa's" hand writing was the same as my Mom's.