Does Santa Clause exist? - Page 4

*Powder* · 01-10-2015, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

We grew up. My mom took me aside one day and told me Santa wasn't real and that it was the parents who put out the presents. She told me not to tell my friends though because she said it was up to their parents to tell them that, so I never did and let them believe as long as they wanted. My sister found out when she saw my mom putting my brother's Hot Wheels race track together. I'm surprised she didn't tell me herself, but I think Mom told her not to. I'm surprised she even listened considering she doesn't listen to anyone now when they tell her something.

Wow, why would your mom just tell a blatant lie like that?

I'm sure she's gotten coal ever since.

**Jester** · 01-10-2015, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Wow, why would your mom just tell a blatant lie like that?

I'm sure she's gotten coal ever since.

I know in my case I flat asked.

My poor sister walked in on "Santa's Helpers" (my dad and I) working on her Barbie house.

*DarkFell* · 01-10-2015, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by snake

Growing up means you can't have fun with Christmas?

I'm grown up. I like to have fun with Christmas. So do my parents. I think its a choice.

*IndigoErth* · 01-10-2015, 08:52 PM

I don't recall ever actually being told. Think I just simply got old enough that the rational thinking started kicking in a little and realized those rumors that Santa isn't real were probably true.

Although I still laugh over the time before then, when I just HAD to peek in the middle of the night, trying to be super quiet so my parents wouldn't hear me up... then saw that I'd gotten my would-be bike and just couldn't stand it, I HAD to sneak into my parents room and tell them.

Realizing a few years later that the only thing I accomplished was letting them know I was up sneaking peeks.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 01-10-2015, 09:25 PM

Heh, I joked earlier about wondering why he never showed up this year, but truth be told, I've known the truth since I was eight, when my dad let it slip. He mentioned the bike "they" had gotten me for Christmas, when it had been a gift from "Santa". I called him on it immediately, and he admitted the truth. Still got gifts from "Santa" for years after that, though!

~~Leo656~~ · 01-11-2015, 03:34 AM

Not gonna lie, I was heavy into it until I was about 10 simply because we were pretty poor and yet, somehow, there'd be a ton of stuff under the tree every year, so "Santa" was actually the easiest explanation at the time, it seemed.

Turns out my Dad was simply friends with a lot of drug dealers and just sort'a hopped on the "money train" a few weeks before the holidays every year. THAT is a hit you don't want to take at any age. I think I was almost 18 when he told me most of my presents over the years were bought with coke money, and that was for me much worse than figuring out there was no Santa. Like, in between I just figured Dad borrowed money or called in some favors every year. Nah, Coke Presents. I mean, yeah, now it all makes perfect and total sense - how else is someone suddenly going to magically get like, 5 grand a couple weeks before Christmas? - but for someone who's pathologically opposed to that kind of thing it still kind of makes me feel bad.

I'm no longer involved in the tree pageantry - my wife's parents do all that and never ask us to participate - but one year when I was a kid, we actually left the tree up, fully decorated, for over a year.

There was a lot of really bad stuff going on and we just never got around to it, and by like September we were all like, "There really is no point in schlepping boxes around three times in four months" so we just left it. I think we usually used to take it down in early January and one time I remember it was February. I also had a friend whose family would sometimes leave their tree up all year but just take the decorations down. That was kinda funny.

pandaderek · 01-11-2015, 04:51 AM

I guess, as you get older, your view on Santa becomes more symbolic...which is kind of the point of a lot of religious stories. He is taught to be someone who's real, to something that represents a feeling of joy, from reward...both, deliver the same results, just, different ways of delivery (and one way to waste cookies and milk). Although, I'm not saying he doesn't exists, either...I'm, just, saying that is my experience with Santa.

*neatoman* · 01-11-2015, 05:43 AM

Of course Santa exists! To say otherwise would be blasphemy and those who deny his glorious existance must be [insert suitable christmasy metaphor for stoning here] to death!

Spoiler:

~~Amaranthus~~ · 01-11-2015, 06:01 AM

Christmas exists in Belgium. But on Christmas, we get stuff like underwear and coupons. We have another holiday called Sinterklaas, where little kids get toys and stuff. Once you're a certain age you just get money for Sinterklaas. I hate holidays.

~~Mew~~ · 01-11-2015, 06:30 AM

I think Santa is a penguin.

evan2000 · 01-11-2015, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Christmas exists in Belgium. But on Christmas, we get stuff like underwear and coupons. We have another holiday called Sinterklaas, where little kids get toys and stuff. Once you're a certain age you just get money for Sinterklaas. I hate holidays.

Isn't that the last name of Leonardo's voice actor in the 2003 series?

~~Amaranthus~~ · 01-11-2015, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Meow

I think Santa is a penguin.

Penguins are from the South Pole though.
Get your facts straight.

~~Mew~~ · 01-11-2015, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Penguins are from the South Pole though.
Get your facts straight.

Oh.
Then China should ship them everywhere, like everything from the Dollar Store, and even the store itself.

*IndigoErth* · 01-11-2015, 11:20 AM

Think it wasn't until my younger sister was mid to upper teens before we gave up some of the traditions. Still had dad reading The Night Before Christmas and even putting out the cookies and milk just because of the tradition and fun. By then I was largely already over it (or pretended to be), but glad it kept on that long.

Leaving something for Santa's reindeer didn't go past the age of actually believing, but we used to do that too. Parents used to stop by a store that sold animal feed and get a bag of alfalfa pellets. Left a pie tin of it on the door step. Who knows how that many reindeer managed to get at it without tearing up the bushes and whatnot, but the pie tin was always largely empty in the morning. With a little spilled of course. lol

*BubblyShell22* · 01-11-2015, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by snake

Growing up means you can't have fun with Christmas?

You can have fun if you find fun in it, but I don't and I don't see the point in believing in Santa Claus as a thirty-one-year-old woman. That would be very weird. But whatever.

Powder: My mom didn't lie to me about Santa not existing. I just learned he's not real and that's it.

*AT-Man* · 01-11-2015, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

Of course Santa exists! To say otherwise would be blasphemy and those who deny his glorious existance must be [insert suitable christmasy metaphor for stoning here] to death!

Spoiler:

I'm with you on this one, it is crap.

*BubblyShell22* · 01-12-2015, 05:09 PM

Whatever, guys. Believe what you want, but I refuse to believe in it.

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01-10-2015, 09:25 PM	#65
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Heh, I joked earlier about wondering why he never showed up this year, but truth be told, I've known the truth since I was eight, when my dad let it slip. He mentioned the bike "they" had gotten me for Christmas, when it had been a gift from "Santa". I called him on it immediately, and he admitted the truth. Still got gifts from "Santa" for years after that, though! __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

01-11-2015, 03:34 AM	#66
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Not gonna lie, I was heavy into it until I was about 10 simply because we were pretty poor and yet, somehow, there'd be a ton of stuff under the tree every year, so "Santa" was actually the easiest explanation at the time, it seemed. Turns out my Dad was simply friends with a lot of drug dealers and just sort'a hopped on the "money train" a few weeks before the holidays every year. THAT is a hit you don't want to take at any age. I think I was almost 18 when he told me most of my presents over the years were bought with coke money, and that was for me much worse than figuring out there was no Santa. Like, in between I just figured Dad borrowed money or called in some favors every year. Nah, Coke Presents. I mean, yeah, now it all makes perfect and total sense - how else is someone suddenly going to magically get like, 5 grand a couple weeks before Christmas? - but for someone who's pathologically opposed to that kind of thing it still kind of makes me feel bad. I'm no longer involved in the tree pageantry - my wife's parents do all that and never ask us to participate - but one year when I was a kid, we actually left the tree up, fully decorated, for over a year. There was a lot of really bad stuff going on and we just never got around to it, and by like September we were all like, "There really is no point in schlepping boxes around three times in four months" so we just left it. I think we usually used to take it down in early January and one time I remember it was February. I also had a friend whose family would sometimes leave their tree up all year but just take the decorations down. That was kinda funny. Last edited by Leo656; 01-11-2015 at 06:02 AM.

01-12-2015, 05:09 PM	#77
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Whatever, guys. Believe what you want, but I refuse to believe in it. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

01-10-2015, 08:52 PM	#64
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	I don't recall ever actually being told. Think I just simply got old enough that the rational thinking started kicking in a little and realized those rumors that Santa isn't real were probably true. Although I still laugh over the time before then, when I just HAD to peek in the middle of the night, trying to be super quiet so my parents wouldn't hear me up... then saw that I'd gotten my would-be bike and just couldn't stand it, I HAD to sneak into my parents room and tell them. Realizing a few years later that the only thing I accomplished was letting them know I was up sneaking peeks.

01-11-2015, 04:51 AM	#67
pandaderek Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 280	I guess, as you get older, your view on Santa becomes more symbolic...which is kind of the point of a lot of religious stories. He is taught to be someone who's real, to something that represents a feeling of joy, from reward...both, deliver the same results, just, different ways of delivery (and one way to waste cookies and milk). Although, I'm not saying he doesn't exists, either...I'm, just, saying that is my experience with Santa.

01-11-2015, 06:01 AM	#69
~~Amaranthus~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: West-Flanders, Belgium Posts: 1,815	Christmas exists in Belgium. But on Christmas, we get stuff like underwear and coupons. We have another holiday called Sinterklaas, where little kids get toys and stuff. Once you're a certain age you just get money for Sinterklaas. I hate holidays.

01-11-2015, 06:30 AM	#70
~~Mew~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: In an apartment Posts: 3,159	I think Santa is a penguin.

01-11-2015, 11:20 AM	#74
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	Think it wasn't until my younger sister was mid to upper teens before we gave up some of the traditions. Still had dad reading The Night Before Christmas and even putting out the cookies and milk just because of the tradition and fun. By then I was largely already over it (or pretended to be), but glad it kept on that long. Leaving something for Santa's reindeer didn't go past the age of actually believing, but we used to do that too. Parents used to stop by a store that sold animal feed and get a bag of alfalfa pellets. Left a pie tin of it on the door step. Who knows how that many reindeer managed to get at it without tearing up the bushes and whatnot, but the pie tin was always largely empty in the morning. With a little spilled of course. lol