posted December 23, 2012 06:36 AM            

Well, my dad would be drunk like everynite and tell these crazy stories about when the raindeers lands on the roof they slide off and their antlers get hooked in the trees and sh`t, of course santa got drunk with my dad so he burnt his white beard off falling in the fireplace.

Yeah i had a strange feeling santa wasnt real when i was like 4, maybe it was my capricorn sun, but that magic of make believe was exciting even though i pretended

whats your experience with christmas and all that glitter?

posted December 23, 2012 07:33 AM            

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Originally posted by sand:
I knew a long time Santa wasn't real but this Taurus wanted his ghostbusters proton pack dammit!

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posted December 23, 2012 07:52 AM            

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Originally posted by sand:
The tooth fairy though! I must be a sound sleeper coz sometimes u huge toy was under my pillow and I was like whoaaa!

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posted December 23, 2012 11:01 AM            

I don't think I ever believed in Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairies, or anything that couldn't be read about in an actual history book, and found at the museum.

Oh yes, I really drove my parents mad with my incessant questions... who, why, where, what, how.... they never had any peace... I feel a bit terrible now! haha Thankfully, my lil brother was just as difficult to fool with fanciful ideas (brother Capricorn!) :x

Tried to play along for the family at large, and those at school/church that were believers and all about the fantastic magic of the holiday/event... but, never quite enjoyed things like others around were.

And, still don't like holidays --- just the food. Yet, we have to celebrate for traditions sake, for our son... and my in-laws have a lotta old customs too. It's fun learning the way others celebrate, especially Christmas and Easter with Portuguese.

I devised lil' plots to catch my mother with the toothfairy nonsense!!! oh, did I ever~

I was maybe 8 years old at the time? idk -- but, that was pretty much the end of all the mandatory make believe.

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posted December 23, 2012 11:27 AM            

We have one of those Elf of the Shelf things, and my middle started to cry when I had to touch him to save him from the baby after he fell.
"But his magic will go away!" (Taurus Sun with a Pisces stellium in the 4th).
He slept in her stocking for several nights in order to replenish his stores.

Today we will make cookies for Santa.
My eldest will enjoy the story of it and my middle will enjoy her certainty that Santa will love them.
She will leave him a present she made for him - colored paper filled with change.

posted December 23, 2012 03:34 PM            

Special Love belongs at Christmas. We'd go to the nearby department store and pull names from their "Christmas Angel" tree. We'd buy gifts for children and families who needed help at christmas.

I raised my girls in Christian tradition. Our special ritual was to stand and hold hands in front of the Christmas Tree. Then we'd happily celebrate Jesus' birthday by singing Happy Birthday, then Hurray!! We'd dive into ripping opening our gifts, with christmas music playing in the air!!

I LOVE Christmas! I'm alone now... but have these memories in my heart forever.