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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I figured it out in second grade. I felt angry that my parents lied to me.  My mother assured me that I would understand when I got older.  Well I have a 7 & 5 YO and I still don't understand.  We tell our kids that Santa is a legend based on St. Nicholas.  Santa does not bring any gifts to our house.[/quote]

I guess I was furious too, but I don't remember it much. My mom says I had more righteous indignation, at 8 or 9, I am sure that was a laugh and glass of wine and a "what a little shit" secret thought in her head that night when I went to bed! Its funny to us though.

I have LOs and I am actually the opposite, SO into the Santa, glittery part of xmas (because we are not Christian) and I definitely did come to quickly understand, but I also had younger siblings and cousins that I loved watching the Santa stuff with when I was still at home, teenaged.

So for some, it will be something people hate, some people love, most people are probably in the middle. I would venture very few people are permanently scarred by this either way.[/quote]

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