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 Posted 24th November 2010 13:50 IP   
When do kids stop believing in Santa? When did yours? (if you have any and if they have yet)
Do you remember when you found out he wasn't real? Did you ruin it for any younger siblings?
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Posted 24th November 2010 13:56 IP
I've never been told he wasnt real. Is he not real? 
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Posted 24th November 2010 13:57 IP
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When do kids stop believing in Santa? When did yours? (if you have any and if they have yet)
Do you remember when you found out he wasn't real? Did you ruin it for any younger siblings?
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Round about now, if this board has any lurkers under the age of 8/9 or so.
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Posted 24th November 2010 13:57 IP
seriously though i've never been told. My mam just told me that he's a busy man and cant go to all the houses so mams and dads have to help him out.
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Posted 24th November 2010 13:59 IP
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Round about now, if this board has any lurkers under the age of 8/9 or so.
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if there's any 8 year old lurkers out there i have one message to them-
you must be REALLY bored!
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:04 IP
I don't remember finding out either, I remember pretending to my little sister that I could hear his sleigh bells though when she was little.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:08 IP
I found out when I came down stairs to find my mam had fallen asleep pissed while trying to wrap the presents. I finished wrapping them (very badly)for her so my lil bro didnt find out but my mam thought she had done them.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:09 IP
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I don't remember finding out either, I remember pretending to my little sister that I could hear his sleigh bells though when she was little.
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Tinnitus?
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:10 IP
I think N knows cos one of her mates told her when they were playing football. but i think his older brother had told him so - who knows.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:11 IP
I found out when I was 7, because a box arrived at my house (my dad told me it contained the turkey), but there was a small hole at the side of the box, I saw enough.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:12 IP
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Tinnitus?
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Something like that. It's been replaced in my older years as a kind of groaning.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:14 IP
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I found out when I was 7, because a box arrived at my house (my dad told me it contained the turkey), but there was a small hole at the side of the box, I saw enough.
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I can remember the first time I discovered my Mams hiding place for the presents. She used to put them on top of the wardrobe in her room so I used to climb onto the window ledge and rifle through them. Happy days.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:15 IP
I had a mate who's mam used to give him money before christmas so he could go and by all the stuff he wanted and then she would wrap them for him. I think thats sad.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:15 IP
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I think N knows cos one of her mates told her when they were playing football. but i think his older brother had told him so - who knows.
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Yeah I have a feeling LO knows too. She keeps asking if he's really real. I'm going to continue the lie for one more year, I'm not entirely sure she's convinced this year
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:17 IP
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I had a mate who's mam used to give him money before christmas so he could go and by all the stuff he wanted and then she would wrap them for him. I think thats sad.
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That is sad. That's just lazy IMO. Christmas is about the surprise element. Especially for kids.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:18 IP
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That is sad. That's just lazy IMO. Christmas is about the surprise element. Especially for kids.
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I agree. Christams is also about giving. Seeing the joy a gift brings. If you didnt buy them anything you miss out on all that. She also gave him whisky when he was cold. Thinking about it I dont think she was a good mother.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:26 IP
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What when he was a kid?
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yeah! like when i was 10/11 and he said it was cold out. She said he had to drink it to keep him warm. Mentalist.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:28 IP
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Yeah I have a feeling LO knows too. She keeps asking if he's really real. I'm going to continue the lie for one more year, I'm not entirely sure she's convinced this year
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If she asks directy I might tell her but I'm just gonna wait and see.
will your LO be having a lil school play?
N's doing one but not one mention of jesus or religion.. she's been singing a song in the shower lately about roast parsnips and being a tree with presents at her feet... weirdo...
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:32 IP
I was never told he existed in the first place.
Growing up, it was only something white families did. I was given money though but I had to save it.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:33 IP
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Christmas is about the surprise element. Especially for kids.
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Isn't it about Jesus, Mary, God and all that ?
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:38 IP
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yeah! like when i was 10/11 and he said it was cold out. She said he had to drink it to keep him warm. Mentalist.
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Was she an alcoholic? That's crazy!
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:39 IP
Its supposed to be but N brought in a card once for a friend and cos it was religious she was asked to bring it back home. She gave it to a friend who I believe is a muslim.
They (the kids) told us at the end of the school day and the mother said it was ridiculous and took the card and thanked N for thinking of her and her family.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:40 IP
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If she asks directy I might tell her but I'm just gonna wait and see.
will your LO be having a lil school play?
N's doing one but not one mention of jesus or religion.. she's been singing a song in the shower lately about roast parsnips and being a tree with presents at her feet... weirdo...
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Yeah they do one every Christmas and summer. Last Christmas wasn't a nativity although Jesus was mentioned.
Bless her, it's not her fault they're teaching her crazy songs! 
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:41 IP
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I was never told he existed in the first place.
Growing up, it was only something white families did. I was given money though but I had to save it.
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Did it bother you Kathy?
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:43 IP
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Was she an alcoholic? That's crazy!
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i remember she only had 4 toes. Not that that would make her a bad mam, just things like that are interesting to kids innit.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:44 IP
i'm supposed to be cooking the fecking christmas dinner this year!!!! panic!!!!
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:49 IP
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i remember she only had 4 toes. Not that that would make her a bad mam, just things like that are interesting to kids innit.
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Maybe she lost it due to being an alcoholic. One of my mates Dads had a geet big boil on his hand. That fascinated me when I was a kid.
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:50 IP
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i'm supposed to be cooking the fecking christmas dinner this year!!!! panic!!!!
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For how many?
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Posted 24th November 2010 14:58 IP
8-10 people.
OH offered to cook it - which basically means I'm cooking it. he's had loads of ideas and has told everyone about it too. and i'll have to cook it as his mam's house!!! should be out of a&e in time for the evening crimbo film i reckon.
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