Do you believe, or have young kids who still do?

robfosters said:
Christ, that was an awful year for you :(
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I am trying to remember what xmas it was. 99% sure is was 7th May 1982/3 they were killed, I deffo know it was the right date but not sure on year. It was the xmas before that, that my brother told me. In all honesty, I don't recall being overly upset or even grieving. Lots of things happened that night and it was just very busy with people coming and going, me being taken to my brothers and sister dads house. (bro and sis had different dad to me)

Strange that I can remember everything from that night and some days after but can't remember the bloody year it happened. I just checked the online Derby crematorium book of remembrance but nothing is showing up, not even any images. It would be nice if anyone here could check it out or find an alternative way to view it online for me, I have 3 kids to keep occupied and food to prep so can't sit at the PC for too long.

Sorry for the morbid change of direction in the thread

EDIT: found out it was 7th May 1983. I will never forget the day or month as its my wedding anniversary. Just need to remember 1983 from now on.
 
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When I was younger, I figured out that it was mathematically impossible for Santa to drop presents off at every house in every country within one day, even after accounting for time zone variances, and for a large portion of people who were on the "naughty list", and knew after that that it was just a made up story.

Yep, I was one of those kids.
 
My 8 yr old still believes, I reckon it's probably her last though as she's started asking questions in a more quisitive manner and there's only so much it's just magic can explain.

Also there's a ok many Christmas movies now with varying tweaks on how it works that make it impossible to explain it in a single way.
 
I've only just told my 35 year old that I still look out of the window after midnight and have a little smile.
I think the Santa story is nice as long as you let your kids know that you buy the presents and Santa brings them.
I have got a niece though who is about to start High School (11 years old) and she still believes in the Elf on a Shelf nonsense and Santa, she'll end up getting bullied.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I've only just told my 35 year old that I still look out of the window after midnight and have a little smile.
I think the Santa story is nice as long as you let your kids know that you buy the presents and Santa brings them.
I have got a niece though who is about to start High School (11 years old) and she still believes in the Elf on a Shelf nonsense and Santa, she'll end up getting bullied.
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Then she can ask them if they believe in a God, if they do she can ridicule them too. Rather my kids believe in Santa than a God to be honest. I do like the "we buy the presents and santa delivers them", might use that with my eldest when the time is right.
 
Droolinggimp said:
I do like the "we buy the presents and santa delivers them", might use that with my eldest when the time is right.
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Very early on one of their cousins had a go at his parents saying something along the lines of Santa cares about him more than them so I decided mine would never think that way.
We buy them, give them to Santa and he makes a decision they can have them if they're good.
 
I'm not sure that my 9 year old still believes but, if she does, I think it'll be the last one. 12 year old is very much not believing.

One of our son's classmates, when younger, had an older sister who came home from secondary school really upset because she'd learned that Santa wasn't real. I was pretty shocked that she'd still believe at that age, really.
 
My 10 year old knew before last xmas. Heartbreakingly sad that the magic is no more.
 
Whitewater said:
My 10 and 4 year olds still believe in Santa, probably until the 10 year old goes to high school next year.
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I remember that conversation with my mum when she told me. I was like "Yeah, i've known for about 6 years".

I used to wait until they came to bed, give it 30 mins & go look if they had left stuff out, give it another 30 mins & wake them up, we were all ****** the next day but there was zero chance of sleeping anyway.
 
My boy is 9 and still believes. He just put the mince pie, milk and carrot out for Santa and his reindeer before bed.
I think kids have a lifetime to be adults and deal with the adult world. Let's allow them to believe in magic and be children for as long as possible.
 
When me and my brother were kids, my dad got a piece of card and cut out two 8 inch boot shapes. On christmas eve after we'd gone to bed, he put the card on the black tiled hearth and sprinkled multi coloured glitter over it leaving two magical sparkly footprints to be discovered in the morning. If this wasn't conclusive evidence to a child that santa exists, I don't know what is.
 
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My boys are 6, 10, and 14 years old, and I'm glad to say the magic is still strong! Obviously my 14 year old knows, but he's never said anything :D
The excitement my 6 year old emits is infectious, I love it!!
 
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