The Truth Hurts!

[Golden Gryphon]

I don't remember if I ever really believed or not. I know I was pretty young when I went to my mum and asked her to tell me the truth. I don't think I was upset about it but my parents did ask me not to spoil things for my little brother.

 

[SeventySeven]

I didn't care as long as the presents were still involved : )

 

[WayOutThere]

In the 3rd grade, I was skeptical. I was like, "I believe that but do I really believe that?".

A girl I knew (again, in the 3rd grade) asked me if I believed. My responce was, "uhhh, sorta"

Taking my "sorta" as an embaressed yes (well it was that too) and not as the "yes, but I'm skepcial" I intended it to be she responded in a fervent and condesending tone, "Okay, first off, raindeer do not fly.......".

I still find that offending.

I object to parents telling children Sanata Clause is real. We should teach kids to question everything. Or, perhaps, it is a leason hard-earned.

 

[Andalusa]

I knew the tooth fairy wasn't real because when my first tooth fell out, that night I caught my mum in the act of swapping tooth for coin.
As for the Santa, I don't know... I think I just gradually wizened up to the fact he wasn't real.

To both I was rather indifferent.

 

[Ironic]

When I was about 7 I noticed that my Mum's handwriting was the same as Father Christmas' , and as she didn't have a beard, pretty much put that and the weird references on TV down to it all being a lie.

My handwriting observational skills ruined a lot of mythical characters

 

[teutonicman]

They didn't have to tell me santa wasn't real I realized it on my own.

 

[RanD00M]

I figured it out when i was 5 and saw my sister put a present in my shoe(in Iceland we have 13 Santa's and get 1 present each til the 24th.And we put our shoes in the window sill.)

 

[ddon]

i was 5 when my parents told me about santa. after afew years at night at christmas a found my parents rapping presents. i just pretend i didnt see it. but over time my beliefs of him diminished.

 

[MikeOfThunder]

Wow... hold the phone! who the fudge gives me presents then!?

Yeah... I was 10. I knew he wasnt real for a while... i simply didn't accept it.

A piece of me died with santa. i think the idea of Santa is really special to enjoy as a kid. Be a shame if you didn't believe at some point.

 

[MikeOfThunder]

I detected the sarcastic tone my parents adopted while referencing to Santa so I immediately smartened up. And by crist I cant believe people genuinely become upset when they are told the truth, and an even more baffling question is why parents insist on introducing a character as real when he is not. I assume it is derived from the same path as religion, something that seems surreal to me being British born and as far into atheism as you can find yourself.

In addition I cant remember ever having regretted been told the truth, in my opinion there is no justification for supporting ignorance, aside from covering up a mistake or illegal action in which case I fully understand.

Ignorance? Dude... they're just kids.

 

[barryween]

I was told around 9 or 8, but I've always been logical, so at around 7 or so I figured he wasn't real, because no fat ass guy in a suit is going to break in to my house, give ME presents and not steal ANYTHING.
Plus I wondered why Santa did dishes after he ate my cookies, when he didn't know where my dish detergent was.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Why would you cry when you find out that fairy tales are not real?

I was 6 when I found out by myself(Make a wild guess how. Heres a hint: it involved a bed and seeing someone put presents under the tree)

 

[Cliff_m85]

Can't remember what age but I'd had it pretty much figured out by the time I was told anyway. Was probably about the same age I stopped believing in God too...

That's stupid. It's not like they're anything alike. You see, Santa is a man who loves you very much and knows what your doing all the time and will either reward or punish you at a very set date in time. He is eternal and can never die.........oh. Nevermind.

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

For me it was kind of inverted, I figured out that he wasn't real about 7 years old, but didn't tell my parents about it until my dad started going on and on about it about a month before Christmas when I was 10. So I sat him down and told him that I hadn't believed for years, he reacted like I just slapped him in the face he proceeded to spend the next 30 minutes screaming at me, I guess he doesn't want me to grow up (me being the youngest child). The final hilarity to this story is that after the 30 minute long rant that I barely listened to he said these exact words "Do you believe in him now?". I simply sighed and walked off. That was 4 years ago, he still hasn't stopped.

EDIT:

Is there any moments in your life where you wish you were not told the truth?

Noticed how nobody has addressed this part of the post?

 

[General Ken8]

i think i learned when i was nine, but i had read in ripley's like two months earlier that if santa's sled went that fast, he would disintigrate, so i wasn't all that surprised

 

[bluepilot]

I wish I could remember a time when I was so naive that I could really believe in magical things like Santa Claus.

I was probably six or seven when I found out.

I think the next break in my naive was when I found out how babies were REALLY made.

 

[Zallest]

S-santa isn't real? HOW CAN THIS BE! Is the Easter Jesus a lie too?

You've all shattered my world forever...

On a more serious note, i never really believed a fat man could fit down a chimney that i didn't have but it's still nice when you see kids around Christmas talking about a man that only exist in dreams and myth as if he was their best friend. I've dressed up for community events as Rudolph before and it is rather heart warming.

You should never have to tell your kids, just let them figure it out. Kids are smart!

 

[esperandote]

the earlies christmas i remember my mom just handed unwraped toys to my brother and i so im not sure i ever believed in him.

 

[quack35]

I was never really told, I just kind of grew out of it.

 

[TheMatt]

9'ish.