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re: When did you/your kids stop believing in Santa?
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:26 am to BamaCoaster
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:26 am to BamaCoaster
Ours was 14 this year and a freshman in HS. Everyone knows the deal, but he's still playing it out for everyone's sake (and the fact that he gets extra presents from santa). 
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Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:36 am to Swamp Frog x
I was eight years old in the third grade. My mom warned me not to spoil it for the younger ones. I felt like an initiate into some gnostic secret order.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:15 am to fr33manator
This. Santa still brings a gift to my adult kids.
Mine figured it out years bf I knew they did.
Mine figured it out years bf I knew they did.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:18 am to BamaCoaster
Middle school is too soft these days. We weren’t believing in Santa after 4th.
I mean really 6th grade you’re starting to look at girls. Who gives a shite about Santa.
I mean really 6th grade you’re starting to look at girls. Who gives a shite about Santa.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:29 am to BamaCoaster
I remember the class discovering a few kids still believed in Santa in fourth grade and they were mercilessly bullied
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:34 am to BamaCoaster
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I’m 42 yrs old, one six yr old boy, another boy coming soon.
you better than me bruh... ain't no way i could do the whole newborn/toddler stage again at 42...
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:37 am to tiggah1981
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my son is 10 and is quickly realizing that there’s a high chance santa isn’t real
exact same for me... we just let him in on the Elf on the Shelf truth... so i'm sure he can put 2 and 2 together to figure out that Santa ain't real either...
VERY HAPPY to not have to do the Elf on the Shelf shite anymore... had i known how much fricking sleep i'd lose over the years b/c of this, we would have NEVER done this shite...
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:48 am to BamaCoaster
I can't lie to my children, so as soon as they ask me I tell them
Posted on 12/26/25 at 8:53 am to BamaCoaster
I figured it out at 4 but mom lied to me so took until 7 to confirm the lie. There was a Santa at even every grocery store in the 1950's was the key to my discovery. Every Christmas Eve I would threaten my younger sister that I would hide on the staircase then run out and pull Santa's beard before he left any presents. She would cry and scream at me not to do it.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 8:55 am
Posted on 12/26/25 at 1:21 pm to BamaCoaster
I was roughly 8 when I was riding in the truck with my dad and said “Santa isn’t real is he?” My father pushed back slightly but I stated my reasons why and he confirmed my suspicions.
There’s something magical about that time in your life, and about seeing a child experience it. We have a 10 year old niece who still believes but is starting to rally question it. Her sister is 6 and still 100% bought in, and our daughter just celebrated her first Christmas so she has quite a while to go. That being said, I hope she believes as long as she can. The world is a hard, cruel place and I want her to at least see the magic in it for as long as possible.
There’s something magical about that time in your life, and about seeing a child experience it. We have a 10 year old niece who still believes but is starting to rally question it. Her sister is 6 and still 100% bought in, and our daughter just celebrated her first Christmas so she has quite a while to go. That being said, I hope she believes as long as she can. The world is a hard, cruel place and I want her to at least see the magic in it for as long as possible.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 1:27 pm to BamaCoaster
I'm 56 and the Mrs. Clause in this house let's Christmas happen year round.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 1:58 pm to BamaCoaster
I was in first grade. I was informed by my friend who had a brother 3 years older.
I recall the gym teacher saying it in class when I was in fifth grade, followed with “surely no one here still believes in Santa”.
ETA: I never talked to my folks about it until probably college, or later.
I always went along for my little sister’s sake, even after she surely knew the truth.
I recall the gym teacher saying it in class when I was in fifth grade, followed with “surely no one here still believes in Santa”.
ETA: I never talked to my folks about it until probably college, or later
. I always went along for my little sister’s sake, even after she surely knew the truth.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 2:02 pm
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