No such thing as Santa Claus???!!!

[Sandra6]

Following a comment made on the tooth fairy thread from a very honest parent, I was wondering when other people stop the magic that is the belief in Santa??
Personally I only tried once to come clean.
When my eldest was about 10 he still believed, wholeheartedly, and I was worried he'd get bullied for his innocence. So I took him shopping and told him I needed him to help me with picking the presents because there wasn't really a santa who delivered them and actually I had to go out and get them.
He seemed to take it quite well.
Later he went off and had a chat with his dad and promptly came back and declared me a total liar and there was so a Santa and I just didn't want him to get any presents!!!
That was me told.
I never raised the subject again, he's almost 19 now and still believes.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

How sweet!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

When I was a kid it was the local mechanic who was always Santa, so as far as I was concerned all the images of Father Christmas on cards and whatnot were wrong because I KNEW Father Christmas had jet black hands.

 

[carolonabike]

We used to say a couple of small presents were from us and the rest from Santa and I remember one year he noticed we used the same paper! I always told him once you stop believing he stops coming. So he was happy to continue believing, then even when he didn't we kept up the pretence. He's 23 now and I still talk about Santa and I still put the mince pie and the carrot on the hearth along with a glass of Baileys (Santa likes a glass of Baileys you know) and we still pretend

 

[Sandra6]

When I was a kid it was the local mechanic who was always Santa, so as far as I was concerned all the images of Father Christmas on cards and whatnot were wrong because I KNEW Father Christmas had jet black hands.

My dad played Santa when we were kids, then for mine at their playgroups and more recently in a proper paid job for a garden centre. I never twigged, nor did my kids.
When I look at photos now it's so obviously my dad I don't know how he got away with it.
One of my girls did once say "Santa looks a lot like Grandpa" but just in the same way we say he looks a lot like Jack Duckworth (my dad, not Santa) no hint of suspicion at all.
I think the fact we have younger children has kept the magic going much longer for the older ones. They wouldn't dream of bursting that bubble.
I sometimes think it would be a lot easier without the whole pretence though.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I don't remember when I stopped believing, but can recall being very suspicious about it all when I was probably about 6 or 7 because we didn't have a chimney in our house.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My dad played Santa when we were kids, then for mine at their playgroups and more recently in a proper paid job for a garden centre. I never twigged, nor did my kids.
When I look at photos now it's so obviously my dad I don't know how he got away with it.
One of my girls did once say "Santa looks a lot like Grandpa" but just in the same way we say he looks a lot like Jack Duckworth (my dad, not Santa) no hint of suspicion at all.
I think the fact we have younger children has kept the magic going much longer for the older ones. They wouldn't dream of bursting that bubble.
I sometimes think it would be a lot easier without the whole pretence though.

Very sweet, your family sounds great!

 

[tyred]

No such thing as Santa. This has just ruined my day.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I don't remember when I stopped believing, but can recall being very suspicious about it all when I was probably about 6 or 7 because we didn't have a chimney in our house.

Same here, I grew up in a bungalow with no chimney. When I asked my parents how Santa would get they said they'd leave the back door open for him, which probably caused me consternation!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

No such thing as Santa. This has just ruined my day.

Oh there totally is such a person as Santa, but sadly he doesn't have the Wiggle, Chain Reaction or Rose catalogues.

 

[Cheddar George]

No such thing as Santa. This has just ruined my day.

Yeah ! ........ spoiler alert !!!

 

[tadpole]

My daughter tells me she stopped believing when she was 9, but didn’t say anything for two years as she didn’t want the extra “Santa” presents to stop. We still leave out port and mince pies for “Santa” and a carrot for Rudolf. It was/is just a harmless lie that gives so much Joy to the very young for such a long time is just that Harmless, why spoil it? We have enough misery to endure and for a great deal of our life without burdening the very young with our own petty cynicism.

 

[Saluki]

No such thing as Santa. This has just ruined my day.

Its a lie, they are all just trying to wind us up. Take no notice!

 

[Saluki]

If Santa doesn't exist, how come NORAD take the time and effort to track him every year then?

 

[Archie_tect]

They need the practise....