https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:14:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real/page/2#post-430230 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:26:36 +0000 MsMini 430230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: I just told my DH if a teacher ruined Christmas for my kid I would key their car and throw a molotov cocktail in their living room. You ruin Christmas for my kid I will ruin your life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real/page/2#post-430228 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:25:35 +0000 MsMini 430228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in later elementary school, my parents were really dedicated to it and my Dad would make hoof prints all over the yard, plant a "reindeer collar" etc ... </p> <p>We made my little sister pretend she believed in Santa until she was 14 so we could get extra presents. My Mom confronting her about knowing was the funniest Christmas moment of all time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-430212 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:13:34 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 430212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was older, in elementary school at some point. One of the other girls in class made fun of me for still believing! My mom went all out though! She used calligraphy to write Santa letters and everything. I went home so upset because she "lied" to me. Ah the trials of being a kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-430202 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:07:09 +0000 chopsuey 430202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed in santa! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-430197 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:05:04 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 430197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed in Santa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-430156 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:44:31 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 430156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I must've been 6 because when I got a purple stroller from Santa when I was 5 and I asked my Dad how he knew that I wanted purple, my dad said that he had friends in the North Pole and I totally believed him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429668 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:14:02 +0000 T-Mom 429668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was 7 or 8. My brother and I were playing and found the gifts in my mom's closet. They showed up as "from Santa" so we knew. We played along for another year though, to make sure we got a gift from Santa, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429602 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:50:34 +0000 Mrsbells 429602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew right from the get go. My parents told me santa was a fun fictional character. I still liked going to see him at the mall, but my parents didnt make a big deal of santa and placed more emphasis on the birth of christ aspect </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429586 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:44:35 +0000 birdofafeather 429586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was in 1st grade, so 6/7? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429506 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:10:38 +0000 JerricaBenton 429506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure I ever really believed he was real! I loved the whole thing and played along forever for my little bro and my parents, who are bigger kids when it comes to that stuff than us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429475 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:58:49 +0000 Bao 429475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 7 or 8! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429429 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:38:13 +0000 Mrs. Train 429429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was six. My grandparents had dressed up like mr. And mrs. Claus since before I was born. They would come to our house on Christmas Eve. They did it for our church and all the Christmas parties I attended. So my Santa always looked the same. When I was six I told my mom Santa has a nose like my Pepe. (He had a very distinct nose)</p> <p>She pulled me aside and told me that Santa is a representation of the spirit of giving and that my grandparents were very special and giving people. I remember being so excited. How many kids get to have Santa for heir grandpa!! They continued to come every year at Christmas. I have pictures with them in my twenties. </p> <p>My parents are doing the same thing for my kids now and they love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429412 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:32:57 +0000 boiledpnut 429412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: Yeah, my mom was not happy! The lady's name was Ms. Crouch and we all called her Ms. Grouch. I still don't like the woman! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429405 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:30:45 +0000 travelgirl1 429405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: your teacher told you? that's so mean! I would be seriously pissed at my kids teacher for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429400 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:26:34 +0000 heartonastring 429400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was 7 or 8. I was absolutely and utterly devastated. I had had an idea that he wasn't real for awhile, but to have it confirmed was DEVASTATING! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429394 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:22:11 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 429394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very young. Young enough to where I don't remember ever really believing in him, but playing along because it was fun. I was the youngest of three kids though, so that could be why. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429392 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:21:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 429392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: hahaha omg so funny and sad haha. it probably is an american thing. only americans are so materialistic we take something as mundane as losing a tooth and turn it into a situation where we get presents/money lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429377 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:17:45 +0000 banana 429377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: That's so cute!!! My mom had no idea what the tooth fairy was (is it an American tradition?) so she kept taking my tooth and throwing it away when she was making my bed. :( She finally caught on eventually and went along with it. She got totally into it and started making up these long elaborate stories about the Korean tooth fairy. I always pictured mine with long, pretty blonde hair so she kinda killed my moment. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429375 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:16:52 +0000 Turd Ferguson 429375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pretty young too, maybe like, 1st grade (then again, I guess I don't know if that's young or not!)? I always read so much I could never figure out how there was such a thing as flying reindeer or how someone could go around the world in a night... BUT, I totally played along for YEARS because I was afraid I wouldn't get presents otherwise!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429366 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:11:13 +0000 Mrs. Pen 429366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: my mom got SO into it. She would write me letters from the tooth fairy, only she would have someone else write it so that I didn't recognize her handwriting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429348 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:04:07 +0000 banana 429348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Awww how sad! I'm sure you were totally heartbroken about the tooth fairy cause I LOVED the tooth fairy too!! My mom didn't feel bad about lying to me (haha) so she kept going on and on about the tooth fairy. Then a couple times, she forgot to put money under my pillow and I just figured that the tooth fairy wasn't coming back to our house. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429335 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:57:58 +0000 Mrs. Pen 429335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: omg me too! It was an accident though. mom thought she had made it clear the tooth fairy wasn't real (she hated the concept of lying to us), but somehow I missed that and totally believed in it. I was 8-9 when I found out and I was sooo heartbroken and SO mad at my mom. She felt absolutely horrid because it was an accident. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429314 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:51:31 +0000 banana 429314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I never believed in Santa either. My mom said I always knew Santa didn't exist ever since I was really young. But I TOTALLY believed in the tooth fairy. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429308 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:50:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 429308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed in santa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429306 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:49:46 +0000 MrsCastro 429306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: what the ho ho ho!!! </p> <p>Santa is the spirit of christmas...can you tell i love christmas...i have never really stopped believing in the Spirtit of Santa and the holidays...i just see it as a way for us as adults to teach our children (in my case nieces and nephews) that we can all be "santa's" by helping those in need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429304 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:49:33 +0000 boiledpnut 429304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in 2nd grade. Our teacher told us. &gt;:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429283 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:42:48 +0000 BabyBruins 429283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I'll get over it...<br /> Actually I got over it around 9 years old when I found out. A girl at school told me. I had younger siblings though so we kept up the charade. Even when I got older, my cousin and I would still get our picture taken with Santa and ask for things like the acceptance letter to the college I wanted or a special assignment at work that I was working really hard for. I got both things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429279 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:39:22 +0000 mrbee 429279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCastro: Ho ho ho... just kidding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429272 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:36:08 +0000 MrsCastro 429272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: ummm?!?!?!?!?! what do you mean he is not real??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-realized-that-santa-wasnt-real#post-429268 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:34:48 +0000 tororojo 429268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my mom if he was real when I was 6 or 7 and she said "do you really want to know?" And I said "yes," and then I was crushed...I remember wishing she had lied about it! </p>