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I was probably 7 or 8.
I lost a tooth and put it under my pillow without telling my parents. Toothfairy never came.
Didn't believe in any of the mythical things after that.
Edit: Oh and we play along. He's 14 and definitely knows but the wife enjoys it more than he does. So he's milking it and I applaud him for it.
I never grew up with him. So it was never a question for me.
I think I was in my 20s when I realized that some people/kids actually believe in Santa. I was aware of Christmas/Santa, but that it was just a story nobody thought was real. At least I wasn't the girl I met about that time who was telling her friends in first grade that Santa wasn't real.
I belong to of those rare Christian sects that don't believe in Christmas.
I'm not sure I ever really believed a big fat man would slide down our chimney to deliver presents on his sleigh. The fantasy of it was fun though. For me it was a pretty smooth transition to not doing Santa stuff.
I was 8. Lost a tooth at my grandparents house and my grandpa chose to wait until after sunrise to take the tooth and return some tooth fairy treasures. I first asked for confirmation that the tooth fairy was not real. He nodded. I considered that for a second and then followed up with "and Santa?" He nodded again, I shrugged and went back to sleep.
I kept the secret until they asked directly and just didn't lie. They seemed to have turned out fine.
We don't celebrate Christmas. It took me very long to realize that there are children who actually believe in Santa.
What? You're saying he isn't real? Who punched Arius at the Council of Nicea in 325ad?
Jokes aside.... Sigh... I was 12, it was when I googled it
I was born low class family from Peru. Nobody has chimneys there, I knew the fucker was avoiding us.
pretty early. 5 or 6. religious celebration salad + small thinking just won't let that pass through. it became a family in-joke after.
philosophy class got me a glimpse of adulting and got me believing again.
I get what you mean. Christmas was never about the religious aspect for me, but about family getting together, the holiday cheer, and exchanging gifts. Also, booze and huge meals.
I’m an atheist, but I still celebrate Christmas.
yes, it's now these small things that make people happy that make it important.
religious santa or the commercial santa just becomes a bonus side-effect.
I was a skeptic since at least the age of six. I remember having to write a letter to Santa in first grade and basically wrote down I didn't believe in him. I wouldn't want to teach my kids the "Santa is real" nonsense, otherwise they might believe God is too.
I got visit from saint nicolas. And i knew the truth at about 8. We did not have a coca cola commercial to celebrate 25/12. So for that one i do not have a age .
Atm Some kids here know it in 1st year off school ( not kindergarden ) so about 6/7. They talk so when the next year is there : about 90 % knows it. And the year after that it is not more expected to have believers in the klas.
I realized the note from the Easter bunny was in my father’s handwriting. I felt “in on the joke” and remember that applying to other holidays like Xmas too. I must have been 6 or 8.
Six. My lone Jewish friend told me. It was a big old fucking bummer.
I remember my mate at school when I was 6 or so telling me your mum and dad let him. Can’t remember anything beyond that.
A bit before I started questioning religion. 9-10 years old?
Late teens.
Let children still have the fun into believing into a Santa when the majority of us know that it's us providing the gifts. It's about as much of an asshole thing to do, when you tell a kid during Halloween that they really aren't as they're dressed as.
Santa is real; he comes to your bedroom to give you wishes and take your soul...
I think I spelled that right...
I questioned it around 8 and fully stopped believing around 10. When you behave and ask for the same gift three years in a row you start to wonder. Before that I believed that he was magic and was incredibly fast.
Years ago I didn't want to teach my children about Santa because of the Christian connections, but then I realized why we have holidays over winter. If it makes them happy I'll do it, but I'll also be teaching them about all the other connections to pagan religions when they're old enough to understand.
Why do you need Santa at all? Why not just teach them, every year around this time we give gifts to each other
I don't know what you're talking about. The only people that believe Santa Claus isn't real or the people who have no joy in their lives.
Even if you say you don't believe he's real there's a part of you that thinks that he might be real and you know it.
