"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Fri 05 Dec 2008 10:39:26p, sf told us...
>
>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:13:18 +0000, - B o r i s -
>> !> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Someone told you Santa doesn't exist?
>>
>> It's not food related, but it's a good conversation starter. Too bad
>> you're just a troll.
>
> I don't think anyone ever actually told me that, but I don't think I
> figured it out until I was 9 or 10. I was an only child with no older
> simblings or cousins to "tattle". My parents went to the inth degree to
> preserve the concept of Santa.


I'm not sure I ever thought there was a Santa Clause. When I was 5 or 6
years old living in Lakehurst, NJ, my parents went out to a party. My
oldest brother (he would have been 9 at the time) searched the house until
he found the wrapped presents. Of course he unwrapped them, looked them
over, then tried to wrap and tape them back up. Ever meet a 9 year old who
was good at that? LOL By the time *I* was 9 we were living in Bangkok and
had to choose our gifts from the Sears catalog in October so Mom could be
sure they'd arrive in time for Christmas.

Jill