11 Hilarious Horrible Ways Kids Found Out The Truth About Santa

More from CafeMom: 17 Christmas Toys Every ’80s Kid Wanted The truth is that for all kids who believe in Santa, there will come a moment when that belief is shaken or broken forever. For some kids, that moment is shocking or sad. For some kids (or at least their parents), that moment can be kind of hilarious. But no matter what, everyone needs to learn the downright sad truth that Santa isn’t real someday. I just hope for everyone else’s sake, they have an older brother who is more gentle with them! More from CafeMom: 10 Great Holiday Gifts Under $10 That Don’t Look Cheap at All Read on for 11 stories about the surprising, embarrassing, and totally hilarious ways that the little kids found out the big truth about Santa Claus. Just keep this list away from kids who are still trying to keep the magic alive. Ho ho ho? More like no, no, no! Image via iStock.com/ inhauscreative Well, you can guess where this is going, right? We were getting busy and one of the kids heard the rustling of paper and snuck down the stair to see her dad (wearing a Santa hat) and mom partially naked under the tree. It was traumatic for everyone.  She is 17 now and still calls that night ‘The time when you ruined Santa forever.’ Sorry, kid!" — Shelby D., Lansing, Michigan Last year my Santa believer came to me crying and said that his brother told him that Santa wasn’t real. He was devastated. I told him to hold on and went to talk to his brother. I tried to patiently explain to kid #2 about how it isn’t nice to tell other kids that and that his brother wants to believe, etc.  Kid #2 listens, nods, and marches out to where his brother was crying on the couch and says, ‘Okay. Santa WAS real. But now he is dead. Do you feel better?’ He did not, in fact, feel better. My wife and I joke that our son’s nickname is Dream Killer." — Laurie R., Greensville, Kansas It turned out to be really complicated to put it together. My husband was in charge of it and I guess he got tired (or had too much spiked egg nog) but he fell asleep half way through. My daughter came downstairs and found her dad, dead asleep, amidst all the parts of the doll house and a tag that read ‘from Santa.’ The jig was up." — Andrea P., Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota More from CafeMom: 15 Unintentionally Hilarious Letters From Kids to Santa  Until last year. My son, who was sort of on the edge about the whole Santa thing, opened his gift and was like ‘Um, thanks? I guess?’ Turns out my mom put his tag on the wrong gift. He figured out Santa wasn’t real because he didn’t ask for a boxed set of Law & Order DVDs." — Christine S., Boise, Idaho My dad said yes, basically, and my son looked at him and blurted out, ‘Well, that’s BULLSH*T!’  I was so mortified and my kid never said he believed in Santa ever again." — Renee G., Saint Paul, Minnesota He gave me his letter to Santa and I got him the number one gift he had on it — a particular video game. On Christmas morning he opened it and said ‘I knew it was you!’ Turns out he had given us a letter asking for that gift but put a ‘real’ letter in the mail to Santa with a different gift on it. Too smart for his own good!" — Emily E., Norman, Oklahoma She basically decided from her science class that the physics of the reindeer didn’t work so Santa can’t be real. She’s gonna be a scientist, this one." — Lexi S., Des Moines, Iowa More from CafeMom: 16 Hilariously Awkward Photos With Santa Claus Well. That just broke my heart and I burst into tears. Full on ugly crying. My crying freaked him out, so he started crying and that made me cry more and then he cried so hard that he barfed on the Christmas tree. It was AWFUL at the time but now that he is a teenager it is one of our funniest family memories. We like the dark humor, I guess." — Mary Jo B., Cleveland, Ohio She wrote him a break-up letter!" — Kelli B., New Rochelle, New York Christmas morning comes and my son comes downstairs and sees me nursing the baby and his face just crumples. Turns out he asked Santa to ’take back’ his little brother because he ‘cried too much.’ That pretty much ruined Santa for him." — Terrie, Bowling Green, Kentucky Yes, he is. Yes he is." — Brynn D., Tucson, Arizona

title: “11 Hilarious Horrible Ways Kids Found Out The Truth About Santa” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-17” author: “Carolina Erdman”

More from CafeMom: 17 Christmas Toys Every ’80s Kid Wanted The truth is that for all kids who believe in Santa, there will come a moment when that belief is shaken or broken forever. For some kids, that moment is shocking or sad. For some kids (or at least their parents), that moment can be kind of hilarious. But no matter what, everyone needs to learn the downright sad truth that Santa isn’t real someday. I just hope for everyone else’s sake, they have an older brother who is more gentle with them! More from CafeMom: 10 Great Holiday Gifts Under $10 That Don’t Look Cheap at All Read on for 11 stories about the surprising, embarrassing, and totally hilarious ways that the little kids found out the big truth about Santa Claus. Just keep this list away from kids who are still trying to keep the magic alive. Ho ho ho? More like no, no, no! Image via iStock.com/ inhauscreative Well, you can guess where this is going, right? We were getting busy and one of the kids heard the rustling of paper and snuck down the stair to see her dad (wearing a Santa hat) and mom partially naked under the tree. It was traumatic for everyone.  She is 17 now and still calls that night ‘The time when you ruined Santa forever.’ Sorry, kid!" — Shelby D., Lansing, Michigan Last year my Santa believer came to me crying and said that his brother told him that Santa wasn’t real. He was devastated. I told him to hold on and went to talk to his brother. I tried to patiently explain to kid #2 about how it isn’t nice to tell other kids that and that his brother wants to believe, etc.  Kid #2 listens, nods, and marches out to where his brother was crying on the couch and says, ‘Okay. Santa WAS real. But now he is dead. Do you feel better?’ He did not, in fact, feel better. My wife and I joke that our son’s nickname is Dream Killer." — Laurie R., Greensville, Kansas It turned out to be really complicated to put it together. My husband was in charge of it and I guess he got tired (or had too much spiked egg nog) but he fell asleep half way through. My daughter came downstairs and found her dad, dead asleep, amidst all the parts of the doll house and a tag that read ‘from Santa.’ The jig was up." — Andrea P., Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota More from CafeMom: 15 Unintentionally Hilarious Letters From Kids to Santa  Until last year. My son, who was sort of on the edge about the whole Santa thing, opened his gift and was like ‘Um, thanks? I guess?’ Turns out my mom put his tag on the wrong gift. He figured out Santa wasn’t real because he didn’t ask for a boxed set of Law & Order DVDs." — Christine S., Boise, Idaho My dad said yes, basically, and my son looked at him and blurted out, ‘Well, that’s BULLSH*T!’  I was so mortified and my kid never said he believed in Santa ever again." — Renee G., Saint Paul, Minnesota He gave me his letter to Santa and I got him the number one gift he had on it — a particular video game. On Christmas morning he opened it and said ‘I knew it was you!’ Turns out he had given us a letter asking for that gift but put a ‘real’ letter in the mail to Santa with a different gift on it. Too smart for his own good!" — Emily E., Norman, Oklahoma She basically decided from her science class that the physics of the reindeer didn’t work so Santa can’t be real. She’s gonna be a scientist, this one." — Lexi S., Des Moines, Iowa More from CafeMom: 16 Hilariously Awkward Photos With Santa Claus Well. That just broke my heart and I burst into tears. Full on ugly crying. My crying freaked him out, so he started crying and that made me cry more and then he cried so hard that he barfed on the Christmas tree. It was AWFUL at the time but now that he is a teenager it is one of our funniest family memories. We like the dark humor, I guess." — Mary Jo B., Cleveland, Ohio She wrote him a break-up letter!" — Kelli B., New Rochelle, New York Christmas morning comes and my son comes downstairs and sees me nursing the baby and his face just crumples. Turns out he asked Santa to ’take back’ his little brother because he ‘cried too much.’ That pretty much ruined Santa for him." — Terrie, Bowling Green, Kentucky Yes, he is. Yes he is." — Brynn D., Tucson, Arizona

title: “11 Hilarious Horrible Ways Kids Found Out The Truth About Santa” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-20” author: “Brian Mathews”

More from CafeMom: 17 Christmas Toys Every ’80s Kid Wanted The truth is that for all kids who believe in Santa, there will come a moment when that belief is shaken or broken forever. For some kids, that moment is shocking or sad. For some kids (or at least their parents), that moment can be kind of hilarious. But no matter what, everyone needs to learn the downright sad truth that Santa isn’t real someday. I just hope for everyone else’s sake, they have an older brother who is more gentle with them! More from CafeMom: 10 Great Holiday Gifts Under $10 That Don’t Look Cheap at All Read on for 11 stories about the surprising, embarrassing, and totally hilarious ways that the little kids found out the big truth about Santa Claus. Just keep this list away from kids who are still trying to keep the magic alive. Ho ho ho? More like no, no, no! Image via iStock.com/ inhauscreative Well, you can guess where this is going, right? We were getting busy and one of the kids heard the rustling of paper and snuck down the stair to see her dad (wearing a Santa hat) and mom partially naked under the tree. It was traumatic for everyone.  She is 17 now and still calls that night ‘The time when you ruined Santa forever.’ Sorry, kid!" — Shelby D., Lansing, Michigan Last year my Santa believer came to me crying and said that his brother told him that Santa wasn’t real. He was devastated. I told him to hold on and went to talk to his brother. I tried to patiently explain to kid #2 about how it isn’t nice to tell other kids that and that his brother wants to believe, etc.  Kid #2 listens, nods, and marches out to where his brother was crying on the couch and says, ‘Okay. Santa WAS real. But now he is dead. Do you feel better?’ He did not, in fact, feel better. My wife and I joke that our son’s nickname is Dream Killer." — Laurie R., Greensville, Kansas It turned out to be really complicated to put it together. My husband was in charge of it and I guess he got tired (or had too much spiked egg nog) but he fell asleep half way through. My daughter came downstairs and found her dad, dead asleep, amidst all the parts of the doll house and a tag that read ‘from Santa.’ The jig was up." — Andrea P., Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota More from CafeMom: 15 Unintentionally Hilarious Letters From Kids to Santa  Until last year. My son, who was sort of on the edge about the whole Santa thing, opened his gift and was like ‘Um, thanks? I guess?’ Turns out my mom put his tag on the wrong gift. He figured out Santa wasn’t real because he didn’t ask for a boxed set of Law & Order DVDs." — Christine S., Boise, Idaho My dad said yes, basically, and my son looked at him and blurted out, ‘Well, that’s BULLSH*T!’  I was so mortified and my kid never said he believed in Santa ever again." — Renee G., Saint Paul, Minnesota He gave me his letter to Santa and I got him the number one gift he had on it — a particular video game. On Christmas morning he opened it and said ‘I knew it was you!’ Turns out he had given us a letter asking for that gift but put a ‘real’ letter in the mail to Santa with a different gift on it. Too smart for his own good!" — Emily E., Norman, Oklahoma She basically decided from her science class that the physics of the reindeer didn’t work so Santa can’t be real. She’s gonna be a scientist, this one." — Lexi S., Des Moines, Iowa More from CafeMom: 16 Hilariously Awkward Photos With Santa Claus Well. That just broke my heart and I burst into tears. Full on ugly crying. My crying freaked him out, so he started crying and that made me cry more and then he cried so hard that he barfed on the Christmas tree. It was AWFUL at the time but now that he is a teenager it is one of our funniest family memories. We like the dark humor, I guess." — Mary Jo B., Cleveland, Ohio She wrote him a break-up letter!" — Kelli B., New Rochelle, New York Christmas morning comes and my son comes downstairs and sees me nursing the baby and his face just crumples. Turns out he asked Santa to ’take back’ his little brother because he ‘cried too much.’ That pretty much ruined Santa for him." — Terrie, Bowling Green, Kentucky Yes, he is. Yes he is." — Brynn D., Tucson, Arizona