Saint Nicholas was real

But yeah Nicholas is a Russian name,so Xmas is cancelled I guess

Reminds me of my son. As soon as he could talk,which was very early, he had an imaginary playmate. Naturally I tried to find out what was the best way to handle it. After that I proceeded to emphasize to him that pretend was fun but he needed to remember the difference between pretend and real. One summer when he was about 2 and 1/2 years old, we were going to the grocery store and he proceeded to tell me that Santa Claus was not real. I asked him why he thought that. He said you couldn't really see pretend things and he had never seen Santa. Boy was I glad I hadn't taken him to the mall to sit on Santa's lap the previous year. We came to an agreement that Santa was pretend but everyone made him up so that we could make a special time to remember and have a good time with the people we loved.

Unfortunately many of the parents in his kindergarten class were very upset with his determination to explain this to the other children.

You tellin’ me Santa ain’t real!!!?!!!!

Calvin and Hobbes was/is the best comic strip ever !

That's when I stopped believing in God...when I found out they lied to me about Santa. I was 5 when I realized my "note from Santa" was in my mother's handwriting. To her credit, she admitted it when I confronted her about it. Then she cried. Mother was religious in a very quiet way. She knew I didn't believe in god. It made her sad, but she never argued with me.

When I was a child I pretended Santa was real, even after I knew otherwise. I realized playing along would net me gifts. Perhaps some religious adults have a similar thought process.

Isn't it a celebration of the birth of baby Santa Claus?

Totally true!!