Charlie is not to old to believe in Santa!
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Mistress_Of_Tha_Hatchet — 16 years ago(November 23, 2009 12:51 AM)
I found out there was no Santa when I was around 5 years old, I was talking to a family friend's daughter who was closer to a teenager and she let the cat out of the bag. Though I was good at keeping my mouth shut so my little brother could have the joy of still believing.
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psr13 — 16 years ago(November 27, 2009 06:14 PM)
I was in kindergarten. My parents told my older sister who was in first grade. She told me. That night I proceeded to tell my entire Daisy Girl Scout troop. Needless to say, there were some very unhappy parents.
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VaveJessop — 16 years ago(November 28, 2009 04:45 PM)
I don't think there's really a set age. Some children still believe in Santa until they are 12, and others find out really early, like Neil at age 3. I'm pretty sure I was about 4, and things just didn't add up. I saw my present they said was from Santa about a week before Christmas. It wasn't a big deal to me or anything, I didn't lose my childhood innocence. It really is a matter of each person's personal maturity level. I don't know that I would ever tell my child Santa isn't real it's kind of something I think you should be able to work out on your own, or maybe that's just because of my experience. Charlie was not too old to believe in Santa, but that's the point. It was saying how much Neil's logical mind just failed to grasp about the spirit of Christmas.
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ginger_sling — 16 years ago(November 28, 2009 05:07 PM)
My parents never told me there wasn't a Santa Claus.
To this day (I'm nineteen) my mom signs a few of my presents "From Santa," even though I've been able to recognize her handwriting since I was eight.
I'm so glad she still does it. I think it's wonderful. :]
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ZeoRangerFive — 16 years ago(December 08, 2009 04:30 PM)
I've been able to recognize her handwriting since I was eight.
Funny you say that. When I was around 12 or 13 I had known there wasn't a Santa for years but my mom liked to tell me there was a Santa. And I told her I knew there wasn't a Santa because on the gift tags the "S" in Santa was distinctly her "S", she would always write her "S"'s with a flat top. So all of a sudden that Christmas the handwriting changed from my mom's distinct handwriting to my Dad's!
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blossom114 — 16 years ago(November 29, 2009 07:35 PM)
I think I was 7 or 8 when I started really questioning. Two things stick out in my mind:
I noticed the wrapping paper on the gifts was the same as ours. (Mom's answer? santa wrapped presents at the house.)
There wasn't a gift from mom and dadthey were all from santa or from the pets (which I naturally thought Santa was being cute and put the names down.)
And.. Charlie is definitely still young enough to believe in Santa Claus. I love this movie because it makes me feel like a kid again, along iwth Miracle on 34th Street. -
angelgwen16 — 16 years ago(December 06, 2009 11:30 PM)
I was ten. My sister asked if I believed and I didn't want to seem like a baby, even though I still believed, so I said no. She said good, and that that meant I was allowed to help her fill the stockings with candy and put candy canes on the tree on Christmas Eve with her. (two of Santa's jobs)
I was so upset, I started crying. I checked my parents closet to be sure and I saw the tissue paper that Santa uses for his presents.
After a few years I was allowed to wrap the presents from Santa to my sisters using tissue paper. We still use the tissue paper at our house for our presents from Santa even though no one believes in him anymore. It's a nice thought and for a moment we still have the magic. -
blubowler8908 — 15 years ago(November 03, 2010 10:52 AM)
im 20, and tho my parents knew i didnt believe in santa, i still got presents from him until a few years ago, when i started playing 'santa' with them for my siblings. my parents were smart about playing tho, all the tags from my parents were signed by one parent and all the presents from santa were signed by the other. and they had seperate wrapping papers.
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Firefly69 — 15 years ago(November 15, 2010 08:32 PM)
Me and my brothers were told that Santa was a fun idea and a meaningful part of Christmas. We were never "duped" into thinking he was real.
Thing is because of that I never had the "big disppointmet" day that most kids have when they realize that its been mom and dad all these years. So in effect I've been able to enjoy the fun and excitement of Santa Clause my whole life. (i'm 41) Theres no feeling of sadness and disillusionment surrounding the concept of Santa therefore hes always been a fun part of every holiday season! -
TheFatDruidofNacyl — 13 years ago(December 14, 2012 03:36 AM)
I can't remember the age I think I was older than 10. I do remember at first I was convinced Santa isn't real now but he was real hundreds of years ago.
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NobodymournstheWicked — 13 years ago(December 24, 2012 07:16 PM)
I would guess he is 6 years old or about that age, but we don't really know how old he is supposed to be. And next every family is different on how old it too old for a kid to believe. I know that in the movie Neal says "he is a little old", and you remember in the beginning of the movie, Charlie already doesn't believe in Santa, and he tells his father he thinks it is kid of babyish to believe in that kind of stuff. And also remember that Neal revels that he was only 3 years old when he stopped believing because he wanted a whistle for that Christmas, and it came and no whistle. And Laura couldn't even believe it. And also keep in mind, that Laura reveled to Scott, that Charlie came home in tears because some kids told him there was no such thing as Santa Claus. And he might have been too young to hear that, and not even from somebody that is not a relative.
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AndNobodyInAllOfOz — 12 years ago(December 11, 2013 02:36 PM)
A childhood friend made a comment one December when I was about 8/9 that made me question the existence of Santa and almost a year later I asked my mother outright and, after being stunned lol, she admitted the truth and I just said "Ok". I have a sister 5 years younger and I kept up the act every year until she was 11 and I did it with passion, it was fun to pretend
Even now in my 20's my mother still sometimes signs the odd present with "From Santa"
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michelleod1 — 12 years ago(December 11, 2013 02:55 PM)
when i was in 7th grade my dad decided to finally tell me. Which is good he finally did, cause i argued with kids a lot in elementary school that Santa was real xD facepalm he told me too late i guess. that was in 2006-07ish
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Ashley868 — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 05:32 PM)
He's about eight, or at least the actor playing him is. I am not sure how old the character is supposed to be, but I'm assuming he's between the ages of 6-8. The actor was born in 1986 and this movie came out in 1994. Anyway, no he definitely isn't too old to believe in Santa. I was born the same year, and I know I believed in Santa still when this movie came out. I stopped believing at age 11. Although my sister and I let my mom believe we still believed until we were teens. She had more fun than we did I think with it, and plus more presents.