11-29-2017, 02:12 AM
While I suppose Santa is tangentially related to religion, I always saw Santa as more of a cultural thing. Sure, Christmas started off as a Christian thing, but my parents weren't religious and I grew up with Christmas and Santa. Same as the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.
I sorta worked it out myself by about age eight or nine. I was talking about it with either my sister, some cousins or some family friends that were my age and sorta confirmed it with Mum in the next room. She wasn't keen to let the illusion die I don't think, at least from my memory of her expression, but she didn't deny it. So wasn't a big deal for me.
But I did love the illusion of Santa when I was younger. One year we were staying with my grandparents and my cousins. One of my cousins, a little younger than me at the time, told me she was sure she heard the bells of the reindeer earlier on in the morning.
I sorta worked it out myself by about age eight or nine. I was talking about it with either my sister, some cousins or some family friends that were my age and sorta confirmed it with Mum in the next room. She wasn't keen to let the illusion die I don't think, at least from my memory of her expression, but she didn't deny it. So wasn't a big deal for me.
But I did love the illusion of Santa when I was younger. One year we were staying with my grandparents and my cousins. One of my cousins, a little younger than me at the time, told me she was sure she heard the bells of the reindeer earlier on in the morning.