https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:32:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1133037 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 05:18:25 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1133037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really don't remember! Santa had the same handwriting as my mom, but I can't think back to when I put two and two together.. Or if I found out some other way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1133023 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 02:32:47 +0000 Penny Lane 1133023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember ever believing in Santa. my mum says that when I was around 3 my dad told me that Santa wasn't real, and I was just like "well, duh". I was always part of the ruse keeping my brother and sisters fooled!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1133017 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:33:40 +0000 sunny 1133017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had suspected and figured it out at some point. When I asked my parents, they told me to keep it quiet and not to spoil it for my little brother! I felt like such a grownup... but I was probably about 7 :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1133015 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:25:09 +0000 lemondrop 1133015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just took it in stride, "oh, ok."</p> <p>I was 6 or 7 and we were staying at my grandparents house, I hid under the table and waited for Santa. He came into the living room, dropped off gifts, stuffed the stockings, ate a cookie and left. So I went upstairs to bed... across the hall my parents were talking with the door cracked and I saw my dad in a red robe taking off a Santa hat and wig. Wah-wah. I didn't tell him until years later, he was so upset that I wish I hadn't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132981 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:08:57 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1132981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The main point of Christmas in my house wasn't to celebrate Christ, it wa Santa! I think a lot of homes are like that. My family will be like that. Haha I wasn't devistated when I in ally gave in to the truth as I suspected it. Mainly because I was 14!!! I think I figured it though a bit sooner just was in denial. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132971 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 23:14:08 +0000 fairy 1132971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was gradual for me, not all at once. I just slowly got more suspicious until I put it all together around the 3rd or 4th grade. I remember wishing I still believed completely though because it was more fun and magical that way, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132715 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:48:33 +0000 Smurfette 1132715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly don't remember! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132557 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:21:33 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1132557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 11. My teacher told me. I was beyond devastated. My parents had been lying to me all that time. It was awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132517 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:52:36 +0000 Mommytotwois 1132517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mom and Santa always used the same variety of wrapping paper, and had the same handwriting. Also there were always Alhambra 5 gallon water bottles sitting in front of our non operating fireplace, and they were never moved Christmas morning, I always wondered why they would still be there if santa came through the chimney </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132508 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:47:35 +0000 Mrsbells 1132508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents told me from the beginning that santa was a fun fictional character and that the main point of christmas was to celebrate the birth of christ, so I never had to "find out" otherwise </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132470 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:18:05 +0000 MrsMac 1132470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember how or when I found out, so it must not have been too upsetting. I do remember my Mom always reminding me not to spoil it for other kids since I had lots of younger cousins. Really, as long as I was getting presents I didn't really care lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132460 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:13:39 +0000 MapleMoose 1132460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was old enough that it wasn't devastating to officially find out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132454 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:12:31 +0000 Rubies 1132454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed in Santa...I don't know how or why but I always knew that my parents were the ones to buy gifts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132448 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:11:17 +0000 mrbee 1132448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He had the exact same handwriting as my mom, so we figured it out pretty quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132443 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:08:24 +0000 lovehoneybee 1132443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed in Santa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132440 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:07:08 +0000 Pepper 1132440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was devastated! I was 6 or 7 and I remember crying when my parents told me! I felt so lied to, which is really surprising to think back on as an adult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132437 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:05:54 +0000 MaisyMay 1132437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was the winter that I was 6 and we'd flown to Arkansas. I woke up in the middle of the night with a bloody nose and saw my parents putting out the presents. I wasn't upset; instead, I felt like a "I know something you don't know" to my twin sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132424 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:59:44 +0000 mrskc 1132424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember how old I was. I wasn't devastated. I think it just confirmed what I thought. All my cousins and I were sleeping on the floor of my grandpa's house upstairs. Christmas tree was downstairs and I saw my family bring all the presents in from the garage and put them under the tree. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132402 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:48:32 +0000 swurlygurl 1132402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh goodness, I was way too old. It's embarrassing. Deep down I *knew* but I wasn't ready to give it up for a looong time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132396 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:45:28 +0000 mrs. bird 1132396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wasn't devastated at all! my parents weren't super into santa or lying to us, they never said one way or the other if there was a santa, it was more like, 'well, what do you think?' rather than answering when asked. my brother found the presents and showed them to me (i was in kindergarten) &amp; told me that my parents were going to put them out and there would be a note saying they were from santa, he was right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132389 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:41:25 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1132389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always knew Santa wasn't real. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132387 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:40:46 +0000 boots 1132387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my grandma when I was 7, and she told me....which I feel was super rude lol.</p> <p>I found out for real when I accidentally walked in on my parents putting the finishing touches on one of "santa's" gifts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132370 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:31:31 +0000 BabyMats 1132370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found out way later than I would like to admit in a very sad way. I wasn't devastated but I felt pathetic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132364 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:27:16 +0000 artsyfartsy 1132364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had suspected it before my mom finally sat me down and told me when I was 9, but I still cried a little. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132362 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:26:03 +0000 Adira 1132362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't devastated. I think I had been clinging to it, even though deep down, I knew he wasn't real. It finally became obvious to me when, one Christmas morning, I realized Santa forgot to fill our cats' stockings. I exclaimed "Oh no! Santa didn't get the cats anything!" and my mom goes "Ooops!" and goes and gets the cats' gifts off the top of the fridge. No more Santa. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132361 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:25:48 +0000 autumnlove 1132361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed in Santa! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132359 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:25:04 +0000 pui 1132359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of found out slowly. By the time I knew for sure, I was fine with him not existing lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132356 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:22:41 +0000 Honeybee 1132356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I was not devastated. I don't even remember when I "officially" found out, since my parents still played Santa until my little sister got into high school. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/santa-when-you-found-out#post-1132346 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:19:40 +0000 Beyond2 1132346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Were you devastated when you found out Santa wasn't real? How did you find out? </p>