Santa, baby

[red hibiscus]

I was listening to the radio this morning and the DJ's were talking about when it's appropriate for kids to no longer believe in Santa. It made me think back to when and how I found out Santa wasn't actually real.

On Christmas morning when I was 7 years old, I opened a present that said "To: (me) From: Santa" on the tag. My dad has really weird handwriting that is very recognizable, and unfortunately he had written on the tag. Somehow I could tell that it was his handwriting, even though I was that young. I then asked him why he had written on the tag if the present was from Santa. He couldn't come up with a story on the spot, so my parents just chose to tell me then.

How did anyone else discover the truth about Santa? Did you figure it out on your own, or did you find out from someone else?

[pmp6nl]

What truth?


...I actually cant remember.

[Sal Atticum]

I was never really told, it just sort of sank in over time that my Dad's handwriting looked a lot like Santa's.  My parents did, however, come up with an idea for me to videotape Santa Claus putting presents under the tree (I was a skeptical child sometimes), so we set up the video camera on a timer and pointed it at the bottom of the tree.  Problem is, Santa never bent down far enough, so all I saw were his boots!  There were sleigh bells  and clumping in the background, of course

Christmas was nice this year.  It was much more relaxing than it has been in the past.

[pmp6nl]

Wow they got your pretty well with the video.