[carlr]

Question;

How many here remember when they actually believed in Santa Claus?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I think I actually believed till I was about seven. My younger brother and I used to leave out cookies and milk for Santa, and were very excited the next morning to discover them gone, with a thank-you note in their place. Little did we know it was our creepy teenage brother all the time who ate them.

[RosieCotton]

Well...for the most part, we didn't do Santa Claus. I guess we did when I was realllly little and before my parents converted to Catholicism, but for the most part, since we celebrated St. Nicholas Day in early December...it didn't make sense to have a mythical version of him show up later in the month.

We did believe the Christ Child brought our gifts...which in a way He did, so the adjustment was a bit easier as we got older. ;-)

[scott7278]

I just remember putting the milk and cookies out and then trying to get to sleep -- but I don't remember how or when I finally found out.

[pcottraux]

How many here remember when they actually believed in Santa Claus?

I do. When my Mom finally came clean, I became enraged and refused to believer her. I mean, I REFUSED. I said I didn't believe here, there was a Santa, she was lying saying that there wasn't, etc. It turned into a huge fight.

So I kept forcing myself to believe in St. Nick until I was about 10, even though deep down inside I probably knew it wasn't true.

Finally, one Christmas Eve night, Mom told me to go into the bed room and shut the door, because Santa was on his way. I obeyed, and outside my door, she pretended to "talk" to Santa (talking, then doing the lamest and most horrible impression imaginable). That was when I finally admitted it to myself.

[LaineyDee]

What do you mean? I STILL believe! lol