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12-23-2008, 03:47 PM
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When is it appropriate? Early on to stop them being a laughing stock at school or having it broken to them painfully by the school bully, who only ever got a drunken dad rowing with his mother for Christmas? Or do you try to keep the magic alive for just one more year, swearing that when they reach the age of majority you'll tell them everything?
Please, weigh in with your thoughts.
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12-23-2008, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | |  HE'S NOT???? 
I'm not a parent, but I don't believe I was ever told. I believed it a little less every year until for a while I was basically in denial and I knew it, then I just accepted it on my own.
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12-23-2008, 03:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denver, CO | | | Never. My parent's never "told" me. It was just a subtle shift from believing to playing along because the spirit of Santa is fun. Before I had kids, miraculously, everyone still received gifts from Santa. I've never had a conversation with my 15 and 12-year-olds because it was never necessary. |
12-23-2008, 03:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | Some kid at school is going to spoil everything for them before the parents have the chance to tell them. |
12-23-2008, 03:52 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Has anyone here ever attempted to catch Santa in the act only to witness bungling parents stacking present beneath the tree? |
12-23-2008, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas | | | I would change the title of this thread.
Many of us have small children!!!!!!!!! |
12-23-2008, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | I found out when I was 10.
But in my heart I still believe!!!!!!!!!!!
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12-23-2008, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by fo shizzle I would change the title of this thread.
Many of us have small children!!!!!!!!! | Are they on talkbass?
EDIT: Can't edit the thread title either! |
12-23-2008, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL | | | You naturally believe in Santa less and less every year, then one day you become Santa.
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12-23-2008, 04:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denver, CO | | | If people didn't believe in the impossible, the Detroit Lions would have no fans. |
12-23-2008, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | | I asked my Mom when I was 5, and she gave me a truthful answer. My 10 year-old son and I never had the conversation, he just kind of figured it out at some point; though he's never told us, presumably as not to hurt our feelings.
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12-23-2008, 04:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Georgetown, IN (Louisville KY) | | | I knew before I was told. (parents, do not leave Toys-R-us prace-tags on your childrens presents). But my parents told me when I was in 4th grade. |
12-23-2008, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida | | | Kids will figure it out by themselves.
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12-23-2008, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey | | Santa is real, it's the spirit of giving and making Christmas special. IMO of course. 
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12-23-2008, 05:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: GTA, Canada | | | I'm not telling them and I hope they believe for years to come. I feel it's one of those childhood "thresholds" that deserves to be hung onto.
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12-23-2008, 05:16 PM
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12-23-2008, 05:20 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | I figured it out when Santa had the same handwriting as my Mom. I was about 5 or 6?
Anyway, we should close this thread. Username might be heart broken. |
12-23-2008, 05:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston | | | I had it ruined for me, then I asked mom and she confirmed. I was 12 or so.
I think it's easier now, I can ask for specific things, make sure I get what I really want if it's within reason.
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12-23-2008, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Martinez Never. My parent's never "told" me. It was just a subtle shift from believing to playing along because the spirit of Santa is fun. Before I had kids, miraculously, everyone still received gifts from Santa. I've never had a conversation with my 15 and 12-year-olds because it was never necessary. | This is the way it was played when I was a kid and I think it's probably the best way to go. Leaves a little wonder in it for both the parents and the kids. But at this point it's pretty much a commercialized crock, so maybe it doesn't matter any more. |
12-23-2008, 05:35 PM
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