When you were a child, did you ever try to stay up all night to wait for Santa?

[debm55]

[pandr32]

1. I tried.

He never came, though, and somehow sleep would finally overtake me. The stockings were always filled in the morning and the hoped for gift from Santa was under the tree.

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much pandr32.

[Srkdqltr]

2. Santa came to our house in the evening on Christmas eve. Gave us 🎁 gifts.

There were more under the tree after church on Christmas day.

[Ocelot II]

3. Nope. I'd figured out who Santa really was by the time I was 6 or thereabouts,

so I saw no point in staying up just to watch my parents put presents under the tree. But I humored them for a few more years, pretending I believed in the whole charade so I'd get more presents.

[debm55]

5. Thank you very much Ocelot II, That's sort of funny.

[electric_blue68]

6. I don't think so. I can't remember but I think someone told me that Santa wasn't real at some point.

[debm55]

7. Thank you electric-blue68

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. I thought about it once or twice

but by the time I was about 7 I knew Santa wasn't exactly "real" because one of the kids at school had said something and I asked my mom. She told me, but also told me not to tell my younger brothers because it was good for them to believe. I didn't. And I still sort of believed.

Until the Christmas Eve I woke up and heard my parents putting presents under the tree and talking about one in particular that I hadn't expected to receive---a doll cradle that my grandfather, a gifted woodcarver, had made for me. That spoiled everything.

[debm55]

9. Thank you Jilly_in_VA That would spoil everything.

[Solly Mack]

10. Gosh, no. I still go to bed early otherwise Santa won't come. My momma told me so.

[debm55]

11. HAHAHAHHAHA. Oh you. Solly Mack.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. I did try.

I was just laying in my bed, waiting for him. And, believe it or not, I heard a noise on the roof and then the sound of several foot/hoove steps. No kidding! I don’t know if I was hallucinating or what.

[debm55]

13. HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you very much Elessar Zappa.

[LoisB]

14. Nope.

[debm55]

15. Thank you LoisB

[milestogo]

16. Santa came to our house on Christmas Eve.

So, no.

[debm55]

17. Thank you milestogo.

[Shambala]

18. Oh no,

I was of the belief that Santa wouldn’t stop by if kids were still awake.

I do remember once waking up around three or four in in morning and seeing the cookies gone, a half empty glass of milk on the coffee table, and presents loaded under the tree. I was pretty gobsmacked but also relieved I didn’t run into him.

[debm55]

20. Thank you Shambala. That is a very sweet post.

[catbyte]

19. No, I always wanted to go to bed early so morning would come faster. Except that one year...

when I woke up and caught my Nana eating the cookies and drinking the milk that we'd set out for Santa. I can still hear her panicked, "GET TO BED!" to this day. I already had my suspicions about the whole Santa thing, but that confirmed it. I didn't care -- presents were presents no matter who put them under the tree.

[debm55]

21. That is so funny and dear. Thank you very much for sharing with us.catbyte.