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Jspur

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4. I'm 39 and I did the same thing to my younger siblings

Reply to MoonlightHillFarm (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 12:36 AM

Dec 2022

when I was 9 years old. I was 9 my younger sister was 7 and my younger brother was 5. I told both of them that Santa wasn't real, and that mom and dad is the one who is giving them presents. They both started crying and I started laughing and I enjoyed it. My parents then brought me into their room and privately told me not to spoil Christmas for them

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A Christmas Story [View all] MoonlightHillFarm Dec 2022 OP

My husband was furious with me when I responded to daughter, something like elleng Dec 2022 #1

Thank you for sharing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #2

I think that a lot of parents used the "Santa's helpers" story. wnylib Dec 2022 #3

I'm 39 and I did the same thing to my younger siblings Jspur Dec 2022 #4

I was the youngest of 7, a half sister, and very late in life MerryBlooms Dec 2022 #5

I taught 1st graders for 15 years BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #6

My brother (4 years older) told me Freddie Dec 2022 #7

My youngest told me that her big brother had murielm99 Dec 2022 #8

Our children never fessed up they new Santa was a myth. They knew a good deal when they had it! Pobeka Dec 2022 #9