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more about #santaclaus Gnatalby: I believed in Santa until I was embarrassingly old, but there were a few years where I was working really hard to sustain the faith. Like someone ment... more » 8xoverMsOctober: When your sibling is 10 years older than you, there's no believing in Santa really... more » AngelaDemonice: How about the idea that helping children become used to the power of magical thinking, will make them less likely to be critical when the adults aroun... more » Her Grace: SNOWED IN: I was a bit late, at almost 10 (about 4 months before my birthday), but I let go of my Santa-beliefs with gusto: I simultaneously denounced Santa, the... more » CollegeCamel: I don't have some sad, dream-crushing, heart-breaking moment about when I discovered Santa wasn't real. I simply realized one year that the handwritin... more » BytheSea: I think the 5 year olds seemed to believe in Santa more either because 5 year olds are more capable of abstract thinking, while to a three year old, w... more » tiredfairy: Never believed in Santa, but still had plenty of magic in my childhood. Generally related to fairies or elves or the friendly troll my grandfather tol... more » debo matar la zombi goldberry83: Shun the non-believers! Santa puts all the presents beneath the tree as we sleep, and if I can't be home for Christmas, he brings them to my parents'... more » ExpressedDisapproval: As a child, I had a difficult time with the whole Santa thing. Compounding it was the fact that my mother swore up and down to me that he existed unti... more » MsAvignon: And only 13% believed in Sarah Palin, making her a distant fourth to the Candy Witch. more » sundevilsarah: I don't have any concrete memories of believing in Santa or even finding out he wasn't real. My mom claims I doubted everything I was ever told (inclu... more » Wit is periodically disensouled: Anna, my favorite theory of why we should believe in Santa and the Tooth Fairy comes from Terry Pratchett's Hogfather: Death: Humans need fantasy to ... more » randomnessish: Oh and: I think the time I definitively heard "Santa isn't real" was at some church youth thing or whatever when I was 6. I had already pieced it tog... more » randomnessish: Wait. Kids don't believe in the garbage man? After reading that, I could barely read the rest of the article because now I'm lol-ing over the though... more » LaComtesse: If you don't want your kids to feel you've lied to them about Santa, just tell them that Krampus killed him... more » samethingwedoeverynightpinky: I think i faked a belief in santa for several years, because it seemed that my not believing in Santa would greatly dissapoint my parents, who went th... more » Luckwouldhaveit: When I was about 5, my 17 year old cousin told me there was no Santa and teased me for being a big baby when I cried, so I kicked a hole in his brand ... more » shoroko: I don't know how old I was, but I don't remember finding out Santa wasn't real as being a particularly happy or sad experience. It didn't really feel ... more » meritxell: an erotic life: I don't remember ever believing in Santa - I must've been a baby skeptic. My mom said that when I was very little, I asked if Santa was real and she w... more » femme-bot: Did anyone else picture Kenneth from 30 Rock when they read "candy witch"? more » -
#realitycheck
The Years Of Magical Thinking: The Pscychology Of Believing In Santa
New research shows that belief in Santa can actually rise with age, and that three-year-olds believe in St. Nick just slightly less than they believe in the garbage man. But does kids' "magical thinking" have a larger purpose? More » -
#happythings
You Better Watch Out: Santa Claus Might Already Be In Your Town
When I was kid, my parents would always tell me in the days leading up to Christmas that Santa Claus was already circling the globe. Now that I'm an adult with internet access, I can confirm that this is true. More » -
#christmasspirit
Santa's Been Naughty
Police in England are investigating a "mass Santa brawl" that took place on Saturday between a group of men dressed as Santa and another group of men "of dark-skinned African or Asian appearance." [Independent] -
#leftovers
New Book Documents Kids Scared Of Santa • Women Prefer Internet To Sex
• A new book called Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland documents 250 screaming children perched on the lap of mall Santas across the country. • -
