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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-25-09 03:57 AM
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46. also jewish, but we went through the motions of secular christmas
I will never forget watching my parents trying to explain Santa to some Vietnamese refugees who had just arrived that past summer. Not the idea of leaving out the gifts - the idea of the giant sock.
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  -Do you remember when you realized that Santa waiting for hope  Dec-24-09 11:18 PM   #0 
  - Other. Jewish...  Bicoastal   Dec-24-09 11:19 PM   #1 
  - also jewish, but we went through the motions of secular christmas  Sen. Walter Sobchak   Dec-25-09 03:57 AM   #46 
  - We Have Chanukah...  KharmaTrain   Dec-25-09 07:29 AM   #50 
  - But, every year the cookies and milk are gone.  onehandle   Dec-24-09 11:20 PM   #2 
  - Did you smell your parents breath first thing in the  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:23 PM   #4 
  - Cookies and milk!  mwb970   Dec-25-09 07:39 AM   #52 
  - Sadly, I do not remember.  CaliforniaPeggy   Dec-24-09 11:21 PM   #3 
  - What Planet do you live on?  BeatleBoot   Dec-24-09 11:24 PM   #5 
  - Already 40+ thank you ....  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:29 PM   #7 
  - i voted "other". i don't  DesertFlower   Dec-24-09 11:26 PM   #6 
  - dunno, but I almost got into a fight over him in 5th grade... nt  MisterP   Dec-24-09 11:29 PM   #8 
  - Good for you - that was a pretty good run.  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:30 PM   #9 
  - I was a math kid. At about 5 I figured out that Santa would have to travel about...  BlueJazz   Dec-24-09 11:34 PM   #10 
  - My son is pretty good at math too ...  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:43 PM   #14 
  - I was much like your son. I started realizing all this Santa stuff  napi21   Dec-24-09 11:34 PM   #11 
  - I guess age just depends on the person -  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:42 PM   #12 
     - Gosh, age 12 sounds a bit old for that.  mwb970   Dec-25-09 07:40 AM   #53 
        - Probably in some god or other, lol  Zhade   Dec-25-09 04:37 PM   #57 
  - My 8 yr old daughter proclaimed "I know the presents come from you, not Santa"  Tumbulu   Dec-24-09 11:43 PM   #13 
  - Good answer! I wish we had that opportunity to  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:47 PM   #17 
  - That's a great one... I'll have to remember that for my grandkids.  parasim   Dec-24-09 11:56 PM   #29 
  - That's what my mother told me after I found hidden gifts  Raine   Dec-25-09 07:15 AM   #47 
  - I'd had my doubts  NoPasaran   Dec-24-09 11:44 PM   #15 
  - LOL! How old is your brother?  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:48 PM   #18 
     - He's 51  NoPasaran   Dec-24-09 11:52 PM   #23 
        - Yur funny!  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:55 PM   #27 
  - An older kid on my block said, "You don't believe in Santa, do you?"  EFerrari   Dec-24-09 11:46 PM   #16 
  - Kids can be so unthinkingly mean  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:49 PM   #20 
     - Merry Christmas!  EFerrari   Dec-24-09 11:52 PM   #24 
  - We were told that Santa was Satan.  Dappleganger   Dec-24-09 11:49 PM   #19 
  - Santa is more of a tradition than anything  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:52 PM   #22 
  - Man, they could bottle irony like that. So thick and hearty.  Zhade   Dec-25-09 04:39 PM   #58 
  - I have no clue how old I was...  parasim   Dec-24-09 11:49 PM   #21 
  - Love the story your Dad told -  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:54 PM   #25 
     - Yeah, it was a good story.  parasim   Dec-25-09 12:01 AM   #33 
        - Totally believable -  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 12:06 AM   #36 
  - I don't remember precissely - somewhere around age 12 I think  housewolf   Dec-24-09 11:54 PM   #26 
  - Your parents did a nice job -  waiting for hope   Dec-24-09 11:59 PM   #30 
     - That same year, my cousin who was 3 yaars younger began questioning...  housewolf   Dec-25-09 03:48 PM   #55 
        - Merry Christmas to you as well!  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 08:07 PM   #61 
  - My little girlfriend told me  Blue_In_AK   Dec-24-09 11:56 PM   #28 
  - So you had a two'fer ...  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 12:00 AM   #32 
  - Found gifts  ccharles000   Dec-25-09 12:00 AM   #31 
  - We have had to become really good at  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 12:03 AM   #35 
  - Other - Uncle Ellis in a Santa Suit. nt  PufPuf23   Dec-25-09 12:02 AM   #34 
  - Did Uncle Ellis spill the beans?  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 12:17 AM   #37 
     - Santa was just to much Uncle Ellis lol Best to You ny  PufPuf23   Dec-25-09 12:36 AM   #38 
        - And you as well!  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 12:40 AM   #39 
  - Holy crap, put "spoiler" in the title.  Fla_Democrat   Dec-25-09 12:44 AM   #40 
  - Oops! Sorry -  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 12:50 AM   #41 
     - Yea, even brings me  Fla_Democrat   Dec-25-09 07:44 AM   #54 
  - Remember like it was yesteday  rainbow4321   Dec-25-09 01:11 AM   #42 
  - I'll have to remember the rocks on the  waiting for hope   Dec-25-09 01:43 AM   #43 
  - OMG - he isn't REAL? WTF? Are you kidding me?  kevinbgoode   Dec-25-09 02:04 AM   #44 
  - my mom tripped and did a face plant stocking in hand - I was four  Sen. Walter Sobchak   Dec-25-09 03:53 AM   #45 
  - I was three or so when I noticed his writing looked suspiciously like my mother's. (nt)  Posteritatis   Dec-25-09 07:20 AM   #48 
  - I heard two classmates talking about it  TicketyBoo   Dec-25-09 07:28 AM   #49 
  - The whole story is so full of holes I never quite bought it.  mwb970   Dec-25-09 07:37 AM   #51 
  - Probably when I realized there was no evidence for him.  Zhade   Dec-25-09 04:34 PM   #56 
  - Other.  H2O Man   Dec-25-09 04:58 PM   #59 
  - I still believed when I was told  Cairycat   Dec-25-09 07:13 PM   #60 
  - I chose "Other" ...  gleaner   Dec-25-09 08:39 PM   #62 
  - My parents never did the lie thing about Santa  lunatica   Dec-25-09 09:07 PM   #63 
  - Figured it out myself when I was 8, too.  Odin2005   Dec-25-09 09:17 PM   #64 
  - Catching my parents eating the milk and cookies  Retrograde   Dec-25-09 11:17 PM   #65 
  - I can't remember really.. one of those things I just figured out.. nt  Blasphemer   Dec-25-09 11:25 PM   #66 
 

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