Telling young children whether Santa is or is not real is a parental ritual usually handled with painstaking care.
For students at a primary school in Hampshire, however, their childhood wonder was torn to shreds after a vicar told pupils the bearded gift-bearer was invented.
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I'm pretty sure I figured that shit out on my own when I was 4 or 5 years old. I don't recall ever believing Santa Claus was real.
Are these ten and eleven year olds still sitting on Santa's lap in the Mall telling them what they want for xmas? Something very, very wrong here.
ReplyDeleteSanta gives them goodies, aka presents, for obeying the rules so it great prepping for adulthood when the government gives them goodies, aka welfare benefits for obeying the rules. Santa's a Socialist concept.
ReplyDeleteWas probably 10, didn't let my little brothers in on it. I became part of the conspiracy.
ReplyDeleteThere was a St. Nicholas
ReplyDeleteI can't recall ever thinking Santa was real. I suppose credit goes to my parents and grandparents for not trying to force that bullshit on me or my brother.
ReplyDeleteThe article doesn't seem to suggest this was a special needs type school, but I wonder. Anyone still believing in Santa at age 10 probably gets to school on a short bus.