I believed in the tooth fairy forever. And when I asked for a raise, I got 35 cents instead of a quarter. Seriously??
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Dec 16, 2006 8:49:02 am PST #6624 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Liese S. - Dec 16, 2006 8:49:28 am PST #6625 of 10007
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I definitely did believe, but was a cynical enough child not to be particularly upset when disabused of the notion. (My mom slipped up and a gift for my (much older, no longer believes in santa) sister's stocking was a bookmark she'd bought when I was with her.) I remember mostly feeling like, "Well, why didn't you tell me he didn't exist? I could have handled it." So I think that's probably the way I'd handle it with my own (putative) children. Tell about Santa, tell that people believe, but not ever insist on belief.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 16, 2006 8:49:44 am PST #6626 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I believed pretty strongly in the tooth fairy at one time. I lost my first tooth via getting smacked in the mouth with an iron rebar, and my big worry was that since I swallowed it the tooth fairy wouldn't come that night.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2006 8:52:51 am PST #6627 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
my big worry was that since I swallowed it the tooth fairy wouldn't come that night
My big worry would have been that the tooth fairy would show up to get that tooth, not that she wouldn't.
Scrappy - Dec 16, 2006 8:52:53 am PST #6628 of 10007
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I don't think of Santa Clause as lying so much as mythmaking. I always liked stories and so I believed in Santa and the Tooth Fairy and also elves and fairies and Borrowers and other magic partly because I liked the stories that went with them.
msbelle - Dec 16, 2006 8:55:04 am PST #6629 of 10007
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Oh, I believed and was FURIOUS when I found out the parents had been lying to me and that everyone else already knew. FURIOUS.
mac knows who Santa is, but I am not sure what he know wrt getting gifts. despite whatever it is, he will be told that Santa represents the spirit of giving at Christmas.
megan walker - Dec 16, 2006 8:55:27 am PST #6630 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Meanwhile, an awful lot of people believe Santa Claus is real and alive, while I believe that's a myth/legend. And having been a Santa Claus true believer at one point, and having met more of them in my lifetime than I can count, I can tell you their utter conviction about him makes a mockery out of the faith of even the most fanatical Christians I've ever met. I think the Santa believers just get to have their symbol because they're cuter than the rest of us. It's not fair.
Cindy,
Are you talking about adults? Seriously?
Topic!Cindy - Dec 16, 2006 8:55:52 am PST #6631 of 10007
What is even happening?
The Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny never convinced me, and it was those stories that made me doubt there was any truth to Santa. I was 5 or 6 when I found out (read it in the newspaper), but I'd been trying to out the truth for a couple of years. I remember that the year prior, I'd wanted to wait to make a list, until Christmas Eve.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2006 8:56:05 am PST #6632 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think of Santa Clause as lying so much as mythmaking
Perhaps no one would be surprised to find out that I was very keen on truth, accountability, accuracy, and fairness as a kid. I didn't just not believe in Santa, I was mad that anyone did.
On the flip side, I believed in magic. But that was different. That was cool. That was stuff that if I could crack it I'd get the edge on my parents and help equalise the power dynamic at home and abroad--the same sort of power dynamic that the world was trying to reinforce with Santa and his little friends.
megan walker - Dec 16, 2006 8:56:59 am PST #6633 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
mac knows who Santa is, but I am not sure what he know wrt getting gifts. despite whatever it is, he will be told that Santa represents the spirit of giving at Christmas.
I think that's a good approach. I mean, if he hasn't had Santa bringing him gifts all these years? I think it would be very confusing.