How old were you when you learned that Santa Claus wasn’t real?
How old were you when you learned that Santa Claus wasn’t real?
Follow-up: For those with children, do you continue the ruse with your own children, or simply tell them it’s you who gives the gifts? Why or why not?
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When I was 7. It was late one night and I was walking around (when I should have been asleep). I noticed my mother finishing wrapping a present and she asked me to place it under the Christmas tree. I think it just slipped her mind in the moment and she didn’t realize what she had done. I didn’t say anything, but I knew from then the presents from Santa were from my parents. I wasn’t sad, but instead felt like I was just let in on a big secret.
Maybe it slipped her mind. Or maybe she was being smart about the moment - including you in the moment rather than making it feel like something's being hidden from you. Just a thought.