I don't know exactly when I found out that he doesn't exist but I knew that I found out on my own and it didn't affect me in the slightest.
Santa doesn't exist!
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Dude, dont be an asshole, Santa is just something for the kids. Its just a fun myth tied in for christmas and your acting like this is some sinister plot or government conspiracy, chill out dude. But what really irks me is that you have the audacity to label all of us as clueless children when u had it in mind to tell us something that was completely obvious to all of us.
Here I know a 14 year old that still believes in Santa... X_X It's kinda hard to believe that he's in my school.DesiPrinceX09 said:
of course santa is real, he is just dead and has a wildly exaggerated legendary status. Saint Nicolas of Turkey was known for giving gifts to all the god-fearing children in the area. all that other junk (reindeers, elves, etc) was attached to him from various pagan traditions, as christians just invented christmas to try and compete with pagan holidays around the same time of year, adopting many of their traditions to try and get some converts. interestingly enough, a great deal of world cultures, often without any knowledge of the traditions of others, have some kind of winter festival, and strangely consistently some form of bearded father christmas figure, whether it be a god attached to it or created solely for that holiday.
so in short, in all likelyhood santa was a godlike alien being who spread tidings and good cheer to human societies in their infancy, then left. over time, we intergrated that magical fatman into our religions and cultures, and eventually arrived at a conglomerate of all our experiences (and coca cola ad campaigns) to get the heavily skewed vision of santa we have today.
so in short, in all likelyhood santa was a godlike alien being who spread tidings and good cheer to human societies in their infancy, then left. over time, we intergrated that magical fatman into our religions and cultures, and eventually arrived at a conglomerate of all our experiences (and coca cola ad campaigns) to get the heavily skewed vision of santa we have today.
If I was an 8 year old, I'd hate you forever.
That was the age I found out. My curiosity called me into the living room, where I caught my parents putting presents under the tree.
I think they took it worse than I did. Plus, I'd always ask questions about how Santa knew what I wanted and how he made the trip so fast. I don't think I ever truly believed, but I really wanted to.
That was the age I found out. My curiosity called me into the living room, where I caught my parents putting presents under the tree.
I think they took it worse than I did. Plus, I'd always ask questions about how Santa knew what I wanted and how he made the trip so fast. I don't think I ever truly believed, but I really wanted to.
My house doesn't have a fireplace, so from the beginning the Santa story was treated as being pretty malleable. I always assumed he came in through the ventilation.
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NOOOO!!!!!! THE HORROR!!!pulse2 said:Yup, thought I'd just ruin it for some of you believers, yup, he doesn't exist, you've been lied to, it's one big money making scheme to swindle you of your precious cash.
Apart from that, when did you find out Santa didn't exist and what sort of spin on the theme did your parents give to you to ensure you believed it as long as you did?
I was always baffled as to how he came down our chimney...we didn't have one :/
OT: The facade ended when my mom told me so I could help her with getting all the X-mas presents under the tree that night. Wasn't a big shock to me. True, took away some of the magic of the holiday as a little kid (relatively speaking. Hate to admit I was about 10).
I found out...man I don't really remember. I know I found out pretty late, which is really sad that I believed it so long.pulse2 said:Yup, thought I'd just ruin it for some of you believers, yup, he doesn't exist, you've been lied to, it's one big money making scheme to swindle you of your precious cash.
Apart from that, when did you find out Santa didn't exist and what sort of spin on the theme did your parents give to you to ensure you believed it as long as you did?
I was always baffled as to how he came down our chimney...we didn't have one :/
The chimney thing, my parents always said they left the front door unlocked so Santa could come in.
My very own little Hypothesis on this topic:
Assuming Santa is
1. the embodiment of the Christmas spirit (sharing, charity, love, faith)
and
2. only exists as long as people believe in him,
taking in account the mindset of a crushing majority of mankind it is very likely that he does
not exist (any more).
My personal opinion: Never lose faith in a good idea no matter how unlikely it is to be true.
Assuming Santa is
1. the embodiment of the Christmas spirit (sharing, charity, love, faith)
and
2. only exists as long as people believe in him,
taking in account the mindset of a crushing majority of mankind it is very likely that he does
not exist (any more).
My personal opinion: Never lose faith in a good idea no matter how unlikely it is to be true.
I can't even remember not knowing he didn't exist. I was probably one of 'those' kids who told everyone else and acted smug about it.
It never really bothered me though because the idea of my parents spending money to get me presents made me a lot happier than magical old elf people would have.
It never really bothered me though because the idea of my parents spending money to get me presents made me a lot happier than magical old elf people would have.