Santa

[danrak]

Wikipedia has a in depth article on it. It is pretty intersting. Some I knew some I honestly didn't. Check it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Santa_Claus

[jak80]

I used to sit up for Santa every year. I remember one year I stayed up as late as possible but still fell asleep on the couch watching the fireplace. My dad had set up a video camera that had caught Santa's boot coming down the chimmeny. My dad said that the tape ran out before Santa came down so that is why all we were able to see was his boot, but I still thought it was very cool at the time and it reinforced my belief in Santa.

[Lillith]

I used to leave out cookies and milk or hot chocolate for Santa when I was little. I can remember being absolutely crushed when I found out Santa was not "real." My children baked the cookies for Santa and also left out something warm to drink. Of course, my husband and I were the ones who actually digested these tasty treats. Right after we finished putting out all the Santa gifts. It is a really magickal time in a child's life, I feel.

Lillith

[jpsn]

I was also told that Santa wouldn't come if I was awake, so I would **TRY** to fall asleep as fast as possible (thinking every noise was Santa). My sister and I always had to leave Santa some milk and oreo cookies for the night (which my dad would always set up to make it look like Santa really was there).

My parent's were awesome at keeping this alive with us. No presents were under the tree until we fell asleep.. then I would wake up at 4 a.m. running through the house waking everyone up so we could all open up our presents.

[lilyrose]

I always tried to wait up for him but ended up falling asleep everytime. I would leave out milk, cookies, and sometimes a little thank you note. Yeah I think my parents got tired of eating milk and cookies. Santa requested cake one year

[Melos]

I suggested to my son last year that we leave some cookies and coffee for Santa - keep him awake on his long trip. And he looked at me with a withering glance and said "Don't you think Santa's fat enough?"

The kid is far too literal for my tastes... but I do think he still believes.

[Slashmire]

Heh, wow talk about breaking the charm of some regular cookies and milk That could probably earn you some prizes in those "kids say the darndest thing" competitions.

[Sasodara]

I stayed up in case he was real....so that I could kill him. Santa scared me when I was little.