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

[Fnaar]

 

[Large]

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

I LOVE that Norad tracker. I have the laptop on the living room coffee table every Christmas eve for my daughter and my friends' kids who always drop by.

 

[Davehateshills]

How dare you start a thread like this Sandra! I had a word with Santa about you and he had a few things to say himself, about you!

Santa talks about Sandra

 

[MontyVeda]

...
We still leave out port and mince pies for “Santa” and a carrot for Rudolf
...

that's a bit mean... what about all the other reindeers, do they starve because you're too mean to leave them a carrot too... or do you expect Rudolf to share a measly carrot between 10 or twelve reindeer?

 

[tyred]

But Santa must exist. Bob Dylan says so.

 

[RaRa]

I’m afraid I was clearly an evil child as somehow at the age of 3 I had worked out there was no Santa. Instead of just telling my older brother I waited until Xmas eve when my parents thought we were both asleep and woke him up to watch them eat the mince pie and arrange “Santa’s pressies”. Apparently he was devastated – have to admit I can’t remember any of it!

 

[Fnaar]

We still leave out port and mince pies for “Santa” and a carrot for Rudolf.

I've tried in vain over the years to convince Mrs F and the (Not-So-)Nippers(-Any-More) that Santa really likes a glass of brandy with his mince pie. But "apparently", he likes milk, the boring git.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I've tried in vain over the years to convince Mrs F and the (Not-So-)Nippers(-Any-More) that Santa really likes a glass of brandy with his mince pie. But "apparently", he likes milk, the boring git.

My kids will be taught from an early age that unless they leave Quarter Cask Laphroaig out for Santa he'll wipe his bum on their presents.

 

[rikki]

I've tried in vain over the years to convince Mrs F and the (Not-So-)Nippers(-Any-More) that Santa really likes a glass of brandy with his mince pie. But "apparently", he likes milk, the boring git.

Clearly he is real then. Because the same boring milk drinking Santa calls here. And his reindeer drink buckets and buckets of water too. (it's summer here). Extra thing to do before you go to bed - go outside and pour water on the lawn.

 

[coffeejo]

From a young age, I was embarrassed for my parents with the whole Santa thing. I mean come on: same paper, same handwriting, not to mention the physical impossibility of the whole thing...

 

[MontyVeda]

From a young age, I was embarrassed for my parents with the whole Santa thing. I mean come on: same paper, same handwriting, not to mention the physical impossibility of the whole thing...

nobody likes A SMART ARSE

 

[deanE]

My son, when about 9, said that there must be a Father christmas because "you couldn’t afford all the presents he brings”. He and his sister were still hanging up their socks on Christmas eve up until the time they went off to Uni.

 

[Archie_tect]

Dean, he was just humouring his old but gullible parents.

 

[thom]

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

Mods, can we change the thread title to stipulate spoiler alert ?

Mate I know the feeling - but I did find out the other day. It was after the USADA report when Wiggo said :

“As you get older, you eventually realize that Father Christmas doesn’t exist, and that was always the case with Lance,”

 

[jonny jeez]

I think this may be the last year that my youngest will "indulge"

Every year I sprinkle glitter and flour (from a sieve) around old shoes so that I leave snowy footprints from the chimney to the tree and grate the end off the carrots that have been left.

And so every year the girls (my kids) cant wait to see if Santa has been.

We buy them presents, but the biggest most expensive gift is always from Santa, so we just have to leave the one extra prezzie under the tree on Xmas Eve.

My eldest still enjoys the "occasion" of it and is fantastic about indulging her little sister.

Also, if your kids are on the cusp, check out this site...its pure class,(even Mrs Jeez gets an email from it) and will help to keep them believeing for a year or two more.
http://www.portablenorthpole.com/home