https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 02:03:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988672 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:17:43 +0000 birdofafeather 1988672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1st grade, so 6 or 7. I ruined it for a friend too. Oops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988671 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:17:08 +0000 Dandelion 1988671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how old I was. Younger than nine I think.</p> <p>D is 7 and I think I'm seeing signs of him wavering. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988623 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:56:56 +0000 lamariniere 1988623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kindergarten for me, an older kid blabbed it. I already had my suspicions though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988587 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:46:03 +0000 loveisstrange 1988587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont actually even remember. Pretty early on, though. Maybe like 5/6? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988576 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:39:55 +0000 .twist. 1988576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: aw! That is so innocently cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988574 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:38:47 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1988574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: awe :sad: one day he'll share that story on a daddy blog!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988568 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:35:19 +0000 rachiecakes 1988568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was always understood in our family that our parents/grandparents were acting in the spirit of Santa Claus. </p> <p>We were also told that if we ever were caught snooping for gifts or spoke about not believing that it wouldn't happen anymore. So yeah, I still believe! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988555 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:24:01 +0000 shinymama 1988555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: We were in line paying for something and he was running off a list of things he might ask Santa for, and I said something like "You're hilarious if you think we're getting you that." ::stone cold silence:: Then finally, eyes wide open he said, "Seriously? It's you guys?" Of course I deflected with my go-to answer of "if you believe Santa brings presents, if you don't, he doesn't" but the jig was up. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988446 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:29:45 +0000 .twist. 1988446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: aw! How'd he take it? Honestly, I would have thought the same thing as you! 12 seems like an age where everyone knows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988442 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:28:24 +0000 shinymama 1988442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just ruined it for my 12 year old this year, because I ASSumed that he knew it was us. Wrong. :crying: </p> <p>I grew up loving Santa, but never really believed that he was responsible for our gifts because we opened everything at midnight. Plus, my parents were immigrants so the Santa concept was more of a school/friends influence. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988421 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:17:21 +0000 .twist. 1988421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know I was in elementary school... maybe 5th grade? </p> <p>So far as I know, all our kids still believe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988323 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:21:38 +0000 looch 1988323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know by 5th grade for sure the jig was up. I can't remember exactly for certain though.</p> <p>My son is 4. He believes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988310 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:15:35 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1988310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11, my 6th grade teacher told me. My bro stopped around 7. He said Santa's handwriting was just like my mom's and Santa signed his gifts "the Fat Man." I'm sure his buddies also had something to do with it. Doubt in a crowd spreads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988301 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:11:28 +0000 MaryM 1988301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Santa wrote like my dad because "Santa speaks to each child in the language they are most familiar with...which is often that of their parents"</p> <p>I'd seen Miracle on 34th Street...so that made sense to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988272 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:02:11 +0000 Mamasig 1988272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: me too! My mom never tried to disguise her handwriting or anything. I don't know if I figured Santa or the tooth fairy out first. </p> <p>My niece and nephew believed until they were about 10 or 11. But my sister thought of everything - different Santa paper hid, etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988208 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:38:09 +0000 fancyfunction 1988208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was around 7 or 8 questioning it. My 10 and 12 year old nephews still believe, which I find hard to believe ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988191 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:32:05 +0000 MaryM 1988191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. At some point I went from believing he was an actual fat man who came down our chimney to "he's the spirit of Christmas"...but I don't remember when that was since it wasn't a traumatic experience for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988185 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:30:10 +0000 fairy 1988185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I figured out earlier but around 10 it became harder for me to still believe.. but I still wanted to believe so it is kind-of blurry. I had a vivid imagination so even if people told me things weren't real I still liked to believe that they were. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988180 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:27:48 +0000 Mamaof2 1988180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 when my older siblings told me :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988150 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:16:13 +0000 anonysquire 1988150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably 10. Maybe even later haha. I love that kind of magic!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988149 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:15:40 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1988149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never believed and neither did one set of my siblings. My other brothers stopped believing by the end of elementary school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988147 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:14:59 +0000 autumnlove 1988147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure I ever believed because Santa had the same handwriting as my mom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-youyour-kids-stop-believing-in-santa#post-1988141 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:13:42 +0000 alohaorchid 1988141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just curious! I just realized that our nephew (almost 7) might not believe anymore and it got me wondering how old I was when I no longer believed.</p> <p>I think I was around 4/5, I just kind of figured out myself that santa doesn't exist. </p>