How old were you when you found out Santa Clause wasn't real?

my daughter is 10 and still believes and because kids grow up so fast these days, i am gonna let her hold on to one last vestage of childhood!

I guess I was somewhere in the 9-10 year range when I figured out that Santa wasn't a real person (catching your mother putting presents under the tree doesn't help in believeing LOL) although I feel that the spirit of Santa lives on in all of us :-)

I was 6. My cousin, out of anger, decided it was time for me to know the truth. I was heartbroken. I remember crying myself to sleep. I still hold it against her...LOL.

believe it or not, but I found out when I was at the age of 9 years old. I was actually waiting for Santa Clause to come down. And I was awake for a awhile and then my parents told me that do ot wait for anything go to sleep, because Santa Clasue isn't really real.

Your brothers really cared about you. :) I never really believed in Santa, not because of whether he exists or not. But because I stay in an apartment with no chimneys hahaha. There was no chance of him coming down the chimney for me. haha

I was 9 years old that time! When i've caught my mom putting some candy in my socks! I was so disapointed that santa wasn't real. But i appreciate my moms effort for the candies and toy's! She just wanted me to be happy! I love you "mommy santa".

I think when I was 10 to 12 years that I found it true, but I still love to believe in Santa Clause. We used to write long letters to the santa clause when were young stating what all things we wanted and how good we have been etc. Some times I used to find presents and gifts under the Christmas tree leaved others for me. It is very good feeling to believe in Santa Clause and fairies. I used to read lot of fairy tales when I am young. Most times when we are down believing in Santa Clause, guardian angels, and fairy tales helps us to be happy and keep going in our life.

I do not believe that this at all is a 'stupid question.' I actually quite do like the question! You know.. For the life of me I cannot remember the 'exact age' that I was when I had found out that Santa Clause was not at all real. I do remember though when I had found out that Santa Clause wasn't real. I remember the location & what exactly had happened. It's funny though how I cannot remember the exact age that I was though. I remember when I lived in Saskatchewan.. One of my favorite places that I grew up in.. How one night my mom had made me & my sibling go to bed.. So we tried to but knew something was up as we heard crinkling of something.. I thought something was wrong or our dog at the time had gotten in to something.. So we decided to be all quiet & go & look at what the noise was.. As I knew I had thought it was Santa Clause.. My sister kept trying to tell me that Santa Clause wasn't at all real.. She tried to convince me for the longest time but I wasn't willing to believe her.. We we're able to be quiet & made our way around the corner & behind one of the couches.. As I peeked over the couch to my dismay.. There was my mom & the man whom she was dating at the time. Wrapping up gifts with wrapping paper.. I was in complete shock & didn't want to believe what I was seeing.. So closed my eyes hoping when I would open them that Santa Clause instead would be the one who was wrapping the gifts.. I looked up & still seen the same thing I had before.. My mom wrapping the gifts. She ended up looking up & panicked & tried to hide the gifts.. But never got the chance to do so as it was to late.. The tears began to fall.. I just felt so heart broken knowing that the whole idea of Santa Clause was not at all real. My mom tried to convince me that there was a Santa.. That she was just wrapping the gifts for Santa because he was busy.. But would be bringing me more gifts that he had wrapped himself.. But after that night I just wasn't willing to believe her.. It was to late.. I seen what I had seen & was not able to be convinced by anyone else that there was indeed a Santa Clause.. I honestly do wish that I hadn't found out the way I had.. I wished I would have found out some other way instead of witnessing my mom wrapping our Christmas gifts for us.. I wish I would have grown out of the idea on my own.. Or just found out through some other form.. Or at least from someone else.. But I guess what's done is done.. I just wish I would have found out another way I guess.. In conclusion.. I don't remember the exact age I was when I found out that Santa Clause wasn't real.. But I do know exactly what had happened that helped me to find out.. I know that when I have kids because of what I had gone through.. I do not want to spoil the idea for my own children I have someday in the future.. I'd much rather prefer if they would find out on there own.. Without me having to tell them that he isn't at all real.. I want them to just like the idea of actually opening up a gift that Santa had bought him/her.. Or being able to write a letter to Santa himself.. I know personally that I'd much rather allow them to grow out of the idea of Santa Clause or find out some other way.. As I would never want to take that away from them.. As I know what it was like for me to find out the way I had! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

What do you mean there is no Santa Claus?! He exists.Whenever a person gets what he always wanted for Christmas, Santa was there in spirit. I always knew "Santa" was my dad. I would always make Christmas lists and I knew my mom and dad would be the ones to get the gifts. Whenever I hear "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus", I would think of my mom and dad.It sure helped that my dad was round and jolly like Santa.There is a Santa.

I don't remember how old I was but I do remember that I was devastated because I really believed and I was very upset to find out my parents had been lying to me. Of course, it was just one more lie from them and it made me mistrust them even more. I think it's cruel for a parent to tell their children to believe in something that's a lie. I think it's fine for kids to enjoy the fantasy of Santa as long as they know it's just a fantasy and not real. And, I think it's wrong for parents to mislead their children about anything because it causes mistrust and insecurity. Of course, since I grew up in a home where I was being hit and I didn't have anyone I could trust, I think I feel more strongly about this type of thing than most. I still think it's wrong to deceive a child if you really want them to trust you.

I think I was about 8. I remember being told he wasn't real by a trusted friend, and how disappointed I was. Some part of me believes he is real to this day.

I think i was very very young, but I no remember exactly the age, I never cryed for that.

i knew it from the beginning that these were all stories

Hehe, I learnt Santa Clause wasn't real the day I got to know him, because I lived in the country when Santa Clasuse is not recoganized. But I have always been dreamming of enjoying presents from Santa Clause. Children should have such kind of joy. That is the color of their coloful childhood. You learnt that Santa Clause was not real very late. That means you enjoyed more than others of the pretty tale.

I found out that santa is not real when I was already a young adult and I understand even if he is not real. There is no bitterness because when I was still young, it makes me happy about the story of santa claus. It's what makes the children happy. Someday they will accept too that santa is for children.

I think I was about 10. I don't remember exactly how I found out, it might have been an older kid that told us, but I definitely don't remember being upset about it. I had already started thinking that he wasn't real, anyway.

I was a gullible child as was my sister. I was about 10, so my sister 7 when we figured it out on our own he wasnt real. My cousins brought up to NOT believe used to tease us about hearing Santa coming. So I was at Target one day when I was young, and saw after Christmas something that I had gotten from Santa. And my mind thought about it, why would there be a "Candy toy" from santa at a store? So I realized he wasnt real. My mom likes to play up the santa thing each christmas giving us candy still but we know at this point its her :))

i discoverd that santa clause is not real when i was 10 years old. It was Crhristmas time and i put my socks in the window and i saw my dad puting something in the sock. I only remember these incident maybe 7 months ago when my dad got drunk and asking that " who discovered santa clause"? i told him "that was me"

i was six yrs old then when i found out that santa claus wasnt real..i was kind of dissapoited because in movies he allotted most of his time sending gifts to children..walking tip toed..then came one christmas that i asked for a barbie doll..but what i found in my big socks was lots of chocolate coins..i just eat them though. now that i had a two-year old son..i still wanted to tell him stories about santa clause..for him to experience some excitement on every christmas..

WHAT!?!?! Santa isn't real?......ok ok :) , I was about 7 or 8 years old, although I already had suspicion....it was hard to believe it! Still, I think I'm over it and can live my life normally again! :)