too old for santa?

aps45819

aps45819

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nomoney said:
There's no friggen santa???!! you've got to be kidding me!!!!!!
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Dear Nomoney,
Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except that which they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Nomoney, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little.
In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes NoMoney, there is a Santa Clause. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Clause. It would be as dreary as if there were no Nomoneys.
There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existance. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not to believe in Santa Clause! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Clause, but even if you did not see Santa Clause coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Clause, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Clause.
The most real things in the world are those that neither children or men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in this world.
You can tear apart the baby’s rattle to see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart.
Only faith, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Nomoney, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Clause? Thank God he lives, and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Nomoney, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
 
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KCM

KCM

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My brother's told me when I was 8. That is after they sneaked into my mom's room, found my presents and pulled the arms off of my barbie doll. :bawl: I didn't believe them until x-mas morning when I opened my presents and my barbie was missing its arms. :ohwell:
 
sockgirl77

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KCM said:
My brother's told me when I was 8. That is after they sneaked into my mom's room, found my presents and pulled the arms off of my barbie doll. :bawl: I didn't believe them until x-mas morning when I opened my presents and my barbie was missing its arms. :ohwell:
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that was mean
 
CMC122

CMC122

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KCM said:
My brother's told me when I was 8. That is after they sneaked into my mom's room, found my presents and pulled the arms off of my barbie doll. :bawl: I didn't believe them until x-mas morning when I opened my presents and my barbie was missing its arms. :ohwell:
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What did he do with the arms:killingme
 
KCM

KCM

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CMC122 said:
I can just imagine the look of heartbreak on your face when you opened your present :killingme
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I cried....I waited all year for that dayum doll. :ohwell:
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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I was 7 and learned about Santa in school. I was upset and I asked my mom for the "truth" and she gave it to me :ohwell: My father told my older brother when he was 7 that he was too old to believe in Santa anymore. It about broke his heart, so they waited for me to ask. My older brother and I told our younger brother, that under no circumstances was he to tell Mom and Dad he didn't think there was a Santa. When he was about 9 or 10, he said to me "You DO know I don't believe in Santa, right?"
"SSSSHHHHH don't SAY that.":tantrum

I expect that this Christmas or next, my son will start asking questions. I will sit him down, look him straight in the eye and say, "Of COURSE there is a Santa." And will continue to do so for at least the next 20 years or so.
 
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Lallem18

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Dymphna said:
I was 7 and learned about Santa in school. I was upset and I asked my mom for the "truth" and she gave it to me :ohwell: My father told my older brother when he was 7 that he was too old to believe in Santa anymore. It about broke his heart, so they waited for me to ask. My older brother and I told our younger brother, that under no circumstances was he to tell Mom and Dad he didn't think there was a Santa. When he was about 9 or 10, he said to me "You DO know I don't believe in Santa, right?"
"SSSSHHHHH don't SAY that.":tantrum

I expect that this Christmas or next, my son will start asking questions. I will sit him down, look him straight in the eye and say, "Of COURSE there is a Santa." And will continue to do so for at least the next 20 years or so.
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I'm not all crazy religeous or anything (did I even spell that right?), but I think that Christmas revolves way too much around Santa and getting gifts. Kids (I know I did) become so wrapped up in picking out what they want, and making lists, that the most important stuff get lost - family and friends and giving...not that kids really notice that stuff. But ya know what I am sayin?
 
sockgirl77

sockgirl77

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Lallem18 said:
I'm not all crazy religeous or anything (did I even spell that right?), but I think that Christmas revolves way too much around Santa and getting gifts. Kids (I know I did) become so wrapped up in picking out what they want, and making lists, that the most important stuff get lost - family and friends and giving...not that kids really notice that stuff. But ya know what I am sayin?
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yes, the meaning of xmas does get lost. but we aren't discussing that in here. we are all simply telling childhood stories.
 
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bluecat

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sockgirl77 said:
my brother is 12. he tells my parents that he still believes in santa. i personally think that he's playing them but i'm not sure. i would think that he would've heard the truth from the kids at school by now. i was 7 when my hoodlum neighbor told me. what do you think? how old were you when you stopped believing or how old were your kids?
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I was 14 when I found out from my parents.

They always made sure that I had something to look forward to when it came to Santa and I wouldn't have it any other way with my kids.

We get over it no matter how old we are, but my parents also liked seeing me get so excited. I want to see my kids excited too like the way I used to get.
 
kwillia

kwillia

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Lallem18 said:
I'm not all crazy religeous or anything (did I even spell that right?), but I think that Christmas revolves way too much around Santa and getting gifts. Kids (I know I did) become so wrapped up in picking out what they want, and making lists, that the most important stuff get lost - family and friends and giving...not that kids really notice that stuff. But ya know what I am sayin?
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Do you have kids...:confused:
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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Lallem18 said:
I'm not all crazy religeous or anything (did I even spell that right?), but I think that Christmas revolves way too much around Santa and getting gifts. Kids (I know I did) become so wrapped up in picking out what they want, and making lists, that the most important stuff get lost - family and friends and giving...not that kids really notice that stuff. But ya know what I am sayin?
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We had this conversation last year. I'm too lazy to look it up so here goes.

Here's my story on Santa....

When Christ was born, St. Nick heard tell of his wondorous birth and set out bearing gifts to find the child. Well he arrived late and the Holy Family was already gone. He began giving gifts to other children, in hopes that one of them was THE child. After a while, it didn't matter that Christ was no longer a child, or even on Earth because each child in his/her own way represents the Christ child in his/her heart. And that is why Saint Nicholas gives gifts on Christmas.
 
KCM

KCM

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Dymphna said:
We had this conversation last year. I'm too lazy to look it up so here goes.

Here's my story on Santa....

When Christ was born, St. Nick heard tell of his wondorous birth and set out bearing gifts to find the child. Well he arrived late and the Holy Family was already gone. He began giving gifts to other children, in hopes that one of them was THE child. After a while, it didn't matter that Christ was no longer a child, or even on Earth because each child in his/her own way represents the Christ child in his/her heart. And that is why Saint Nicholas gives gifts on Christmas.
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Very nice story! :yay:

lallem - if you read the begining of the posts - this was about santa and the funny (and sometimes traumatic - in my case) stories from our childhood.
 
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