What age were you when you stopped believing in Santa?
 

And how traumatised were you?

45

Santa's not real? I wasn't ready for this.

7

About 8 I think.

I'm still devastated!

I think I was about 7/8 and wasn't really bothered. No idea how I found out though, my Mom didn't tell me

In year 4, my teacher told the whole class he wasn't real.. what a bitch she was.

The year nobody had eaten or drunk the mince pie and milk i left for him

I still watch him on TV every year, NORAD tracks his Flight around the world!

The Grinch > Santa
Pls confirm.
Also dont @ me

Maybe he was on a diet Santi

I never did because I don't celebrate christmas

Not at all, Salman? I have Muslim friends who have a tree and presents for their kids... obviously they don't celebrate any of the religious aspects. And I go a bit overboard for Christmas even though it's not my religion.

I can't remember when I stopped believing in Father Christmas. My eldest niece is 11 now and "knows" but the two younger ones still believe.

Like 11 lmao. Christmas has been going downhill ever since then.

11
are you being serious

Shut up you dont even celebrate it leave the thread tbh

8

Probably about 9 or 10, quite late. I think I'd sorta realised he wasn't when I was about 7 or so but didn't accept it and convinced myself he still was, I was even sure I'd seen his sleigh in the air one night late on Xmas eve lol

I never believed really, think my parents were open about him not being real fairly early on

i was probably about 7/8/9ish

i remember thinking he wasnt real because i saw the bar code on the back of a diary I was given

Well I'm sure some people do it out of personal choice but the majority don't really considering it stems from another religion. But even though I don't celebrate it properly I do still love christmas and really get into the spirit and watch christmas tv as a family, go to christmas parties, gather with extended family sometimes, do stuff like secret Santas etc lmao and as a kid I did give out Christmas cards at school, like we don't isolate ourselves from Christmas completely lol, we just don't do the whole tree and turkey and presents and stuff.

We have Eid anyway where you go visit family/exchange presents (mainly money)/eat lots of nice food and that's on twice a year

That's sweet :laugh:

So, in effect, you have Xmas 3 times a year!

Yes