My mom always told us that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny were fun stories
to pretend but that they weren't real.
So off to kindergarten I went, a blunt little girl.
Around Christmas time I had memorized "T'was the Night Before Christmas" by heart
I asked the teacher if I could recite it, I don't think she believed me,
she said "Well if you think you know it, you may share it".
Of course, I marched up to the front of the room and recited it perfectly.
Afterwards, the teacher started talking about how Santa would come deliver presents
and some kids got worried because they had no chimneys.
I thought it would relieve their fears if they knew the truth so I raised my hand.
The teacher called on me and I stood up to make the big announcement
"There is NO Santa! It's just a story!"
Oh my, all the kids started bawling.
The teacher handed out tissues and glared at me,
and my mom got a note.
I remember my mom reading it as she hid a smile
and told me not to say anything about the Easter Bunny!
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hahahaha...just try not to let this one fly in the school lunch room. :D
Hahahahaha - that's awesome story
What? Santa's not real? I'm devastated!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAA
all I did in kindnergarten was finger paint. lol
LOL... you must've been a hoot to your mom....
At least you didn't do it to be mean - I had a kid at school tell me just to be a dick. Haha
I find your honesty refreshing! I believed in the Easter Bunny until the year I looked out my bedroom window and saw my dad hiding eggs next to the poles of the swing set! LOL!
Kathi
I don't remember ever believing in the Easter Bunny. I don't think I believed in Santa, either, but then again, I saw my mom putting presents under the tree when I was 5. I don't remember being disappointed that it wasn't a fat dude in a red suit.
My sister, though. She believed in that shit for years. And then when she didn't anymore, she still said she did so my mom wouldn't be upset.
Terrific story. My twin sister told me when she was mad at me one time. Don't know how she found out before I did, but I wasn't a happy camper that day. LOL>
Honestly I think it's a little cruel how some parents will go through great lengths to convince their children that he's really real. I've seen kids absolutely devastated. They felt so betrayed and lied to. I could never lie to my child like that. Like your mom, I think kids can think of them as a fun story to share and think about, but to actually lie to your kids... -_-
Beth, I would have loved being your teacher. What a hoot!
hehehehe I love your mom...
teachers are lairs... well, some of them 
those who can't face the truth at least 
@AffinityInUnderstanding - That's exactly how I feel about it -- how I did feel about it in childhood when I found out what my parents had done. (They never told me the truth. All the other kids in my class were told by their parents, and I was the last one to find out; I had to confront my parents about the matter.) Their hypocrisy in also insisting throughout my childhood that it was never acceptable to lie to anyone under any circumstances, no exceptions, was pretty bad, but it was nothing compared to the sense of betrayal I felt. In fact, I still feel it. I'm in my forties now, and to this day, I've never been able to let go of it.
Back in the day our parents just trusted us little kids to have a little common sense. Even the most fervent Santa Claus believer came to her senses on her own. I hope your teachers gave you a big spanking for being such a smarty pants!
We had a pastor from Australia staying with us for a few months years ago, right after we had just adopted our sons (2,4, and 6). We were preparing for Christmas and he told our sons, Santa is really Satan. Oh my word. They all three burst into tears. The had just lost their birth mom, their birth dad, and now Santa was the devil. It was a rough year.
I love how your mom handled it.
Love this story. I almost cracked and dropped the "there's no santa bomb" so many times. I figured it out early, and I couldn't figure out how all my friends were so duped.
awwwww hahahahahaha. My youngest sibling is fifteen this year... and we still pretend we get presents from Santa. lol.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - Oh my lord. That's just.... oh. my. lord.
Oh no you mean there is no Santa!! Don't knwo if I can handle that info:):):)
What? Dont be spreadin no rumors now!
@WildWomanOfTheWest - I hope you made that man sleep with the rattlesnakes.
What do you mean there is no Santa? Then who was that guy I found hiding in mom's closet when I was a kid? She said it was Santa stopping by to check on us and see if we were being good!
whoa, you outed the Santa myth to an entire classroom. that's a pretty doggone big deal, but you have a good mom. Thank you much for my hat.
It was about three years ago when my brother and sister-in-law decided that they were going to have to tell my niece the truth about Santa. She had just started school, and they were worried that one of her classmates would tell her, with malice aforethought.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - Wow. That pastor was a real douchebag.
My parents never wanted to tell me, I did detective work and found out by myself.
The similar wrapping paper.
The "note" left by Santa Claus that was the same type of parchment paper used in my dad's printing shop with a specific watermark.
I confronted them and I had to break the news to my brother.
Sometimes I curse my intelligence.
Say it ain't so, Joe....
haha I would have been devastated if I found out in kindergarten, I didn't find out until I was 10!!
Don't be ridiculous!! Of course Santa is real.
fomenting revolution at 5?
I can totally see you doing that! lol
Krysten's 2nd grade teacher dropped that bomb on her entire class. Boy did she get in trouble! Krysten felt sorry for her, though, because Santa doesn't visit you once you stop believing. She even shed a few tears for poor Miss Zwar who would never get a present from Santa again.
Lol.... well... boohoo for them! Wake up and smell reality sooner or later. Besides, I am happier knowing that my parents cared enough to get me what I wanted, than some fictional dude in a sleigh. That makes no-Santa even better.
Yeah, even these days, no one had better expect me to say anything about Santa, because I'm sorry, but I will not lie to your children for you. I believed in Santa the year I was three because my parents were the only ones telling me the truth--everyone else talked like he was real, so I thought my parents were wrong. Then when I was 5 I told my cousin about it. I'm sure I didn't do it to be mean, but all I remember is my aunt yelling at me for the next half hour.
I will never understand why parents think it's fun for their kids to be lied to like that. It's no wonder children are so ungrateful anymore--they think their presents came from some guy whose job it is to bring them. Maybe they'd be a little happier with their gifts if they realized that people they love had to give up something they wanted in order to give to them.
I pretended to be the tooth fairy when my friend Lauren, still a believer, chipped her tooth. To see her eyes light up when she saw the money under the pillow was truly magical. She's dead now so I hold on to the memory like gold. No -- I never had it in me to squash someone's fantasies and imagination.
I'll pass this story along to my children when they figure it out so they don't ruin it for others.
Believing in Santa was one of the greatest parts of my childhood.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - How AWFUL of that creature to do that to a host family without discussing it with the parents FIRST! Ewwww!
Hehe! I bet there were plenty of parents in an uproar! I mean, now the whole "be good or Santa won't bring you presents" thing was shot! hehe!
I never believed in a literal down-the-chimeny Santa, and don't plan on raising my kids to believe in one either. I think it's harmful to be deceptive about things like that.
definatly got that German Mennonite upbringing! Yep me too I argued with kids on the play ground about it being a story.
NO SANTA? *gasp*
I teach my daughter about the stories but that they are pretend and Santa isn't real. But i read her the story of St. Nicholas as well. And that is where the Santa story came from. I don't teach my daughter about the easter bunny, nor will i the tooth fairy. I know, i'm evil lol.
Ohh, and she already announced to all the kids in line to see Santa at the mall that he was pretend. LOL!! But she was soo excited about it like it was such a good thing. Pretty funny. But NONE of the other kids or parents thought so.
haha! too funny!
As I sit here looking at all the Santa decorations... Thanks for the reminder, I'll try to be good and not terrorize any of the kiddos here on the paediatric ward... they have enough going on without having the no santa bomb dropped.
Thanks for the giggle!!!
I'm hoping there's a Santa because I'm not very much in the mood to buy presents!
@janusfiles - I saw Santa and he was a real pain-in-the-ass....waving that dam bell of his in front of my face while I was trying to eat. But I managed to restrain myself because there were little ks around who were totally into it. My childhood won out!
That's friggin' hilarious! hahahaahahaha
As a side note, I tried to tell my kids there was no santa claus and they did NOT believe me, AT ALL. I lost that battle and eventually gave up trying and let them discover on their own. lol
iVE QUESTIONED MYSELF AND PARENTS AS WELL RATHER OR NOT ITS AN ACTUAL "LIE".MY MOMMA USED TO SAY ITS "TRADITION.?? I JUST FEEL IN MY HEART ITS A LIE. BUT, IF U LET THE CHILDREN KNOW UR THE SANTA BUT,NOT IN THE SUIT AS THEY ARE TOLD TO BELIEVE... IS IT ACTUALLY A LIE?? IN THE SENSE UR THE GIVER OF THE GIFTS. I DONT THINK THE ACTUAL FABLE IS A LIE, I BELIEVE THE BIG GUY ON A SLEIGH WITH REINDEER' GIG IS WHEN IT BECOMES AN ACTUAL "LIE".
hey- you were just trying to make em feel better !!!
Your mother lied to you. Every year Santa still brings me gifts, I'm not sure why he still delivers them to my dad's house, but at any rate Santa still brings me gifts! (True story).
I did exactly the same. (:
*high fives*
No Santa?!?
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I'm Asian and Catholic, so in our household there was no such thing as Santa. We knew our presents came from our parents. I must have learned about Santa from school or tv or something. But now that I think about it.. I didn't know any kid growing up that thought Santa was real.
I have just repaired a roof ans some are saying i would be able to play the Santa through chimneys !!!!
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Michel
I did the same in nursery at age 3.
I don't think you should feel bad at all. We're not going to do Santa Claus with our son (and we're Christians) because we don't want to lie to him. We don't want him to go to school and be obnoxious about it, but if he tells some kids, well then that's the risk you run when you lie to your child...that someone will tell them the truth, lol.
Yeah... I never believed in Santa. I think my mom was all about doing Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc when I was really little, but my parents were new to Christianity at the time and after hanging around church for a few years they decided pretending Santa was real was just too distracting from celebrating the birth of Christ. It wasn't a big deal for me. It made MUCH more sense to me to think of Santa in the same line as fairies and talking animals, even as a five-year-old. The Tooth Fairy thing was busted on the first try. I woke up as soon as my mom & dad came into my room, lol!
I tell my kids about Saint Nicholas and how people think it's fun to pretend about Santa Claus. They like watching movies about it and such, but they know the reason WE celebrate Christmas is to remember the birth of Christ.
And I took the time as a teen to find out the reason why we celebrate it on Dec. 25th every year, so nobody has to bother with trying pop my bubble in that regard.
~V
We don't do Santa at our house, and at Wal-mart one day a lady asked Elijah if he was being good so Santa would bring him something nice. He looked at her like he was nuts, and said, "My mom buys my presents." It was so funny.
I love your mom! She is so cool. We never did Santa either, but I told them stories about it and we all enjoyed the idea. I just couldn't bring myself to intentionally lie to my kids.
Joe is so mad right now because his brother is 8 and his mom keeps saying we'll tell him "next" year. We've been together for 3 Christmases now, and she's been saying it since before then, so I think he's going to pull him aside and tell him because its driving us both crazy. How he hasn't figured it out yet (he's a VERY smart little boy) is beyond me. Congrats to your mom for not lying to you and your siblings when you were kids, I wish mine had done the same.
Best to learn it from the parents I think.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - That preacher must have been insane. What an outrage!
I came to the conclusion of no santa on my own.... and then proceeded to let my younger brother know much to my parent's disappointment.
My mom, TO THIS DAY, still says that as long as we "say we believe" Santa and the Easter Bunny will come. I'm in my mid-20s and still "believe" in Santa and Easter Bunny. Um, who doesn't love free presents and candy?
Never a dull moment with your mom! I had to laugh out loud at that visual, There is NO Santa!
You killed Santa...haha...you Mom was almost a trainer for assassins...