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ankle_brains · Dec 9, 2003, 09:48 PM

i was 9.

what about you?

d4nth3m4n · 10:09 PM

SANTAS NOT REAL??? you a**hole brain ankle guy... i had no idea. way to rain on my parade.

EDIT- cleaned up language and ditched pic.

OldManMac · Dec 9, 2003, 09:57 PM

Gasp; he's not real?

Kenneth · Dec 9, 2003, 09:59 PM

just now... this moment.

Sherwin · Dec 9, 2003, 10:03 PM

Don't worry folks - it's only a plot by the commies to stop you from wanting prezzies and subsequently sinking into a capitalist mindset.

Of course he's real.

gorickey · Dec 9, 2003, 10:07 PM

Look, the guy at the mall I saw is real...okay!!

wolfen · Dec 9, 2003, 10:09 PM

Well, a few years after my sister was born, my parents yelled:

"Get down here and help us wrap your sister's presents!"

A pause...a laugh...and "Oh, and Santa's not real. Bring some tape."

wolfen

Apple Pro Underwear · Dec 9, 2003, 10:12 PM

i lived in an apt and my family was asian � i had doubts since the beginning even though my parents participated in the holiday

AKcrab · Dec 9, 2003, 10:16 PM

When I was 3 or 4 my parents had to take me aside and tell me not to ruin it form my older sister.

GirlSplyph · Dec 9, 2003, 10:19 PM

I still believe in Santa.

xi_hyperon · Dec 9, 2003, 10:48 PM

What a dumb thread. If he wasn't real, who'd be driving the sleigh? Some dude in a UPS uniform? Jeebus.

yellow no.5 · Dec 9, 2003, 10:58 PM

My folks never let me or my brother believe in Santa.

bimmerphile · Dec 9, 2003, 11:09 PM

You're lying.

AKcrab · Dec 9, 2003, 11:10 PM

yellow no.5 and bimmerphile are brothers?

gorickey · Dec 9, 2003, 11:12 PM

And Mrs. Claus is definitely real....trust me...."Ho, Ho, Ho!"...

yellow no.5 · Dec 10, 2003, 12:03 AM

Originally posted by bimmerphile:
You're lying.

Nope. Never did believe in Santa. Madness.

Dec 10, 2003, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by wolfen:
Well, a few years after my sister was born, my parents yelled:

"Get down here and help us wrap your sister's presents!"

A pause...a laugh...and "Oh, and Santa's not real. Bring some tape."

I don't know why I find that so funny. But it is.

Timo · Dec 10, 2003, 12:12 AM

I was watching "the Hebrew Hammer" and decided everything in that movie was made-up.

scadboy · Dec 10, 2003, 12:19 AM

I figured it out when I was five, and set about telling all my friends and everyone at school about it. Yes, I was the little bastard that spoiled it for everybody else. HA!

mitchell_pgh · Dec 10, 2003, 12:41 AM

I hid one Christmas Eve and saw my parents placing the gifts under the tree. I had my suspicions, but they confirmed them. I was 5-6 years old.

Parents that don't "permit" their children to believe in santa are foolish.

Krusty · Dec 10, 2003, 12:47 AM

I found out at 4 by catching my folks placing presents. My sister was 6 and my brother was 8. I think we all found out the same year.

Unlike SOME people

-- I didn't spoil it for the other kids in my preschool.

spiky_dog · Dec 10, 2003, 03:20 AM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
i lived in an apt and my family was asian � i had doubts since the beginning even though my parents participated in the holiday

ditto. never believed...

SSharon · Dec 10, 2003, 03:26 AM

Originally posted by Timo:
I was watching "the Hebrew Hammer" and decided everything in that movie was made-up.

What do you mean it was made up? I thought it was funny, but speaking hebrew makes it a bit easier to understand.

ryaxnb · Dec 10, 2003, 04:41 AM

Remember here, I'm 10 years old.
I always was in the middle, saying "well, maybe he exists." But now that I see you guys, he's not. Since I was 8 or 9 or so I suspected that, and now I have "evidence" (if you can call some weirdos (I'm a weirdo too) on a form talking "evidence".)

tintub · Dec 10, 2003, 04:46 AM

Originally posted by ryaxnb:
Remember here, I'm 10 years old.
I always was in the middle, saying "well, maybe he exists." But now that I see you guys, he's not. Since I was 8 or 9 or so I suspected that, and now I have "evidence" (if you can call some weirdos (I'm a weirdo too) on a form talking "evidence".)

don't tell your friends

[edit: there are no such things as ghosts either. Killer clowns on the other hand, are real.]

Link · Dec 10, 2003, 06:53 AM

8 or 9.. but the idea exhists

- - e r i k - - · Dec 10, 2003, 07:04 AM

Parental dilemma that. How do you tell your kids that you have been lying about santa without them distrusting you for the rest of your lives. Here's what I think is a good solution:

Kid: Dad, is Santa for real?
Dad: Well son, what do you think?

Making them figuring it out for themselves will give them an additional bonus of self-confidence in solving such a great mystery.

Truepop · Dec 10, 2003, 11:27 AM

My grandmother told me when I was 6 so she could start giving money instead of tracking down the gifts.

But alas, I know a lot of people who would rather get the gory for themselves than to let some jolly weight-challenged old bearded man get their children's love.

I don't like the rich and their thoughts of love=money.

I want less corruption in the world or more chances to join in it.

davesimondotcom · Dec 10, 2003, 11:33 AM

Santa is too real. Maybe the guy in the sled covering the entire world in one night isn't, but the spirit of Santa is real.

benb · Dec 10, 2003, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Parental dilemma that. How do you tell your kids that you have been lying about santa without them distrusting you for the rest of your lives.

You don't have kids, do you?

Timo · Dec 10, 2003, 11:55 AM

Originally posted by SSharon:
What do you mean it was made up? I thought it was funny, but speaking hebrew makes it a bit easier to understand.

I was making a weak joke -- the beginning of the movie has "Santa" murdered.

- - e r i k - - · Dec 10, 2003, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by benb:
You don't have kids, do you?

As a matter of fact I've been a parent. Why do you care anyway? Do you have a different idea about telling your kids about santa that's radically different? Then please do share.

OldManMac · Dec 10, 2003, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
i lived in an apt and my family was asian � i had doubts since the beginning even though my parents participated in the holiday

Your family was asian? What are they now?

If they had lived in a house, would your beliefs have been different?

benb · Dec 10, 2003, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
As a matter of fact I've been a parent. Why do you care anyway? Do you have a different idea about telling your kids about santa that's radically different? Then please do share.

I feel for your kids then.

Destroy their trust in you? Oh please. Its Santa. I don't see any of the 14 year old kids on this board posting OMG MY R3NTZ L13D 2 M3 AB0UT TEH CHRIZ KRINGL3!!!111

petehammer · Dec 10, 2003, 01:35 PM

Originally posted by Timo:
I was watching "the Hebrew Hammer"

I am so sorry.

OptimusG4 · Dec 10, 2003, 03:07 PM

the same year i stayed up all night waiting and the bastard never came.

malvolio · Dec 10, 2003, 04:45 PM

Age 5 or so. About the same time that I decided that the Bible couldn't be all that great, because it didn't mention dinosaurs.

typoon · Dec 10, 2003, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by gorickey:
And Mrs. Claus is definitely real....trust me...."Ho, Ho, Ho!"...

Don't you mean Mrs. Santa's Sister?

- - e r i k - - · Dec 10, 2003, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by malvolio:
Age 5 or so. About the same time that I decided that the Bible couldn't be all that great, because it didn't mention dinosaurs.

No you see, the dinosaur fossils were put there by devil-possesed atheist trying to confuse you. It's a test to see if you truly believe you see

JHromadka · Dec 10, 2003, 06:11 PM

My parents didn't do the Santa Clause thing.

bradoesch · Dec 10, 2003, 06:37 PM

Originally posted by tintub:

[edit: there are no such things as ghosts either. Killer clowns on the other hand, are real.]

Even if the clowns aren't killer clowns, I'd still be scared of them.

See this thread or this thread.