No Santa??

[Silent Mistwalker]

When my oldest brother, the bully, decided I should know at age 6. 

[FairreLilette]

I believe a neighbor friend told me...so I asked my oldest sister and she explained that their once was a "Santa" and told me the story of St. Nicolas but that "Santa" aka St. Nicolas is not alive as a person any more...it's a remembrance.  

[Dafadilia Wayfarer]

I never was taught to believe in Santa. My birth family were very religious and considered it a sin to teach children to believe in Santa. 

I wish I had a chance to believe in Santa for my Dad who adopted me as an older child. He tried so hard to make the holidays magical and for awhile I tried to believe for him. I didn't need a Santa Claus though because I had a real life hero that chose me as his daughter with all the baggage I came with. He rescued me from a lot of darkness. That was magical to me. He made the holidays magical just by being my Dad. I do wish I could of believed for him though. 

 

Edited November 14, 2020 by Dafadilia Wayfarer

[ArgontheDevil Ormega]

I was seven and I saw my parental units piling my presents under the tree.  I learned later that Santa had been shot down by the Air Force over Canada after being mistaken for a Soviet Bomber.

[Yuumo Ichibara]

From where I come from only 1% of the population is Christian so we do not have the same concept of Christmas and therefore no Santa. It is more of a year-end winter celebration and a time for friends and couples to throw parties, a time for singles to mope and sulk ... and a time for wives and girlfriends to hound our men to buy us that Yves Saint Laurent clutch lol

I never knew who Santa was until I was maybe in middle school and learned about foreign cultures. Throughout my childhood whenever I saw Santa Claus on TV I thought he was just a cute cartoon representation of fat elderly white men.

Edited November 14, 2020 by Yuumo Ichibara

[Adamburp Adamczyk]

Whut??????

 

No Santy???

Then just who the flipperty have I been running around as since January 1st 2008???

[Silent Mistwalker]

10 hours ago, Dafadilia Wayfarer said:

I never was taught to believe in Santa. My birth family were very religious and considered it a sin to teach children to believe in Santa. 

I wish I had a chance to believe in Santa for my Dad who adopted me as an older child. He tried so hard to make the holidays magical and for awhile I tried to believe for him. I didn't need a Santa Claus though because I had a real life hero that chose me as his daughter with all the baggage I came with. He rescued me from a lot of darkness. That was magical to me. He made the holidays magical just by being my Dad. I do wish I could of believed for him though. 

 

 

In a way, you did. He was your Santa and you believed in him.