What age do you think kids should be told these characters don't really exist?

I think you should wait till the kid is atleast 7 or 8, because if you wait longer, they will probably end up get teased and other things by people, say at school or something.:p But I really think they should just believe till someone tells em' otherwise.

Originally posted by PaceyGirrl
What age do you think kids should be told these characters don't really exist?


:eek2: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DON'T EXIST??????? :faint:


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Until they stop believing in them..

but seriously, my brother told me at 2 santa and all that crap don't exsist, but I still told my mom I believed in them, that way i'd get the money for teeth and such. Kids need to smarten up. They can make some good money off of their parents lies.

I figured it out when i was 6 or 7 but my mom told me when i was 8.

the easter bunnys real though. i swear to god i was laying in bed on the night before easter when i was 7 and i saw some hugeass rabbit walk by my door. :o

Well, when my kids were old /smart enough to ask I told them the truth.:D

When they're old enough to figure it out. My lil sister, I swear, I'll be upset when she finds out the truth b/c she's the baby of the family.

Whenever. My parents never told me.. hell they put Santa on my gift tags up until I turned 15. I never asked about the truth either.. it was like some forbidden thing or something. I remember being like 13 and didnt want to say anything because I thought Id upset them. :o I still dont say anything! LOl

Haha I'd say 7-10 I didn't stop beliving till I was 10

I'd say around age 10,they are preteens by then,but
what was so funny was one time my three old nephew
was talking to me,and he is so smart,He once out of
the blue said ''You know what,Santa Claus isn't real huh?.''

I was pretty young; the reason..My parnets woke me up screaming at each other on Christmas Eve while they were wraaping and placing the Christmas presents from "Santa" under the tree

Originally posted by Mrs. R.N.HARRIS
I was pretty young; the reason..My parnets woke me up screaming at each other on Christmas Eve while they were wraaping and placing the Christmas presents from "Santa" under the tree
I figured out Santa wasn't real for sure when I was about 8-9. My mom and dad were arguing over something they had to put together for my little brother.:lol:

I think most kids just figure it out for themselves. I don't think I ever really believed in that stuff. Even when I was really little.

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Whenever. My parents never told me.. hell they put Santa on my gift tags up until I turned 15. I never asked about the truth either.. it was like some forbidden thing or something. I remember being like 13 and didnt want to say anything because I thought Id upset them. :o I still dont say anything! LOl

That's the same exact way it is for me... I know they know I don't believe or anything...I don't think my parents are that stupid. They do still put Santa on the gift tags but just for fun.

I figured it out myself at about 9 I guess. I remember wanting him to be real so bad but I had huge doubts. :( :lol:

I think you should just let kids figure it out for themselves. Sometimes an older sibling or a friend will clue them in at about the right time. (Although, if the siblings are really close in age, sometimes they will tell the little brother or sister the truth when they are really young, just to be mean.) I was around 8 or 9 when I figured out Santa wasn't real. I remember it as being sort of traumatic! I had noticed the handwriting on the tags of items from "Santa" looked sort of familiar...(it was Mom's handwriting!) I think from that, I figured out that the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny were not real, either. Since I didn't lose my first tooth until I was 7 1/2, I didn't believe in the Tooth Fairy for very long, but I still faithfully put my teeth under my pillow til I was about 12, because I knew the "Tooth Fairy" (aka "Mom") would come through with some money!

I found out by accident when I was 9. It was Christmas night and I came downstairs from my bedroom to go to the bathroom or something and I saw my mom wrapping presents in the living room. Right then and there it hit me! The next morning she told me the sad news. I remember being really sad about it!

I never asked my mom or dad. I'm 18 year old brother still says to me "Why aren't you sending a letter to Santa?" :lol: And when did I find out he (Santa) was my parents was when I was 12! I found boxes of the gifts "Santa" gave me in my basement. :lol:

Santas Real Guys, Hesl Real as long as you BELIEVE Hes real.

Originally posted by *A TV People*
That's the same exact way it is for me... I know they know I don't believe or anything...I don't think my parents are that stupid. They do still put Santa on the gift tags but just for fun.

I figured it out myself at about 9 I guess. I remember wanting him to be real so bad but I had huge doubts. :( :lol:
it's better for him not to be real though because you still get the same amount of presents, plus you dont have to worry about being good all the time, just when your parents are around. if i found out right now that santa actually is real i'd have a freak attack. :o

Originally posted by Captain Juke "N" Jive
Santas Real Guys, Hesl Real as long as you BELIEVE Hes real.
actually he is real. st. nicholas was some guy that gave presents to kids during christmas. plus he goes to malls around christmas. :grr:

and i dont know about any origins of the easter bunny but anyone who says he's not real is a liar. i saw him with my own eyes.

my mom and I went to walmart last night to get candy canes, only to find that Santa had taken them all. The nerve :santa2:

I was 9 when I figured it out. My litttle sister was only 7 when she figured it out. She figured it out, not because my mom has used the same wrapping paper for the past 10 years, but because my mom's handwritting matched "santa's."

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Whenever. My parents never told me.. hell they put Santa on my gift tags up until I turned 15. I never asked about the truth either.. it was like some forbidden thing or something. I remember being like 13 and didnt want to say anything because I thought Id upset them. :o I still dont say anything! LOl

Mmmhmm. Same for me. I'm 13, and I still get "Love, Santa's" on my presents. :D It's just for fun, though.

I've never said anything. I think I was about ten when I figured it out, but I had my doubts a few years before that.

My parents did an awesome job of making Santa seem real. I mean, they bought different wrapping paper than they used that Christmas, and they even changed their handwriting for the tags! I give 'em a lot of credit!

~Lauren

:sheep

I think when they start asking questions. I remember asking my mom when I was 8, if Santa was real. I still have to play along for my brother's sake, and she'll probably still put Santa on the tags when he finds out. Oh well...at least I get a surprise present, because I go and open them to see what I got. I have no self-control. :D