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Kat:

I can not remember exactly when I found out  ???  I'm not sure there was a time when I believed there was a Santa. When I was really young, maybe 4-5 my parents had someone come to our house all dressed up as Santa and I answered the door, imagine my surprise. I don't remember liking this Santa stranger idea. Maybe this whole thing was just confusing to me. I don't think I ever really fell for it.

I was in the WWCG when I had my own children, so I never went with any of the fairy tale stuff with them. I still don't go along with lying for the sake of 'fun,' I must be looked at as a scrooge to the extended family. My daughter is going to have my first grand baby very soon and I think they want to do the Santa thing with her  ::) Maybe they felt deprived. I won't spoil it for them, but neither will I go along with it, so that will call for a delicate balance to do.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

indianabob:
Good morning Kat,

We had a similar experience in the late 60's when we joined WCG.
Although we had already tried to teach our young children the truth and to tell the truth
even if it hurt a little. I think that the myth of Santa was dealt with in a manner similar
to the myth of hell as our final destination and vampires and the Frankenstein
monster and Alice in Wonderland and males being superior to females.

It is interesting to me how kind time is to us when we look back on our trials and
tribulations that seemed so important while we were in them.

God is good and He does wipe away tears, when we truly believe.

Bob

moxicarose:
I was much more angry than sad. I'm actually not really sure which made me the most upset: the fact that I'd been led to about the characters I held dear , or my mom telling me about the Lord in the very next breath...even at 5 years kld, I was incredulous toward her, and suggested that this new person she was telling me about was surely
just as imaginary... God for bringing me to Himself later on in mt life, and giving me the foundation that led to me NOT telling my kids
 about santa or the others nonsense characters...

Vangie:
I was angry too--this helped fuel my rebellion towards authority (which at the time meant parents).  I'm kind of thankful that I don't have children, as I know this must be a hard one for parents to deal with--not sure how I would handle if in the position.

Ninny:
This is all kind of funny...one of the fondest memories of my childhood was watching the news on Christmas Eve and listening to the report about where Santa was!! I don't even remember when I became aware that Santa didn't really exist, but we loved Christmas Eve when we imagined where in the wide world he was! We never made a big deal of Christmas...we had a tree, but no manger scene..no big deal was really made of it...A lot of you know that I am easily entertained and amused. so waiting to know where Santa was entertained me as a kid!! My parents were practical and they didn't carry out an elaborate plan to keep us from knowing about Santa...in fact maybe Santa IS real, but I am just such a bad girl I have never gotten to see him!! hehe!! My mom always warned us that if we were bad we'd get a lump of coal in our stocking...geeez I never did know what to do with all those lumps of coal I had!! Then when I grew up a little I heard that old song.."I'm just an old lump of coal now, Lord, but I'm gonna be a diamond some day." so maybe my lumps of coal have turned me into a diamond...what do you guys think? Some of you don't know me well enough.. those of you who know me pretty well had better keep your mouths shut!! haha!! seriously........................Longhorn...don't you say a word!!  ::) that's just all I have to say about that!! :o
Kathy ;)

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