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I wonder now how I could EVER have believed that Santa could get down our tiny chimney! I had agonies every Christmas eve wondering whether to leave my stocking at the foot of my bed or downstairs by the fireplace. I always opted for the bed. My brother and I would look out of the window hoping it would snow. My mum used to ensure that we slept by giving us a - ooh the excited feeling of being really daring - cocktail of about 99% Ribena and 1% port. We drank them in special glasses with gold rims and roses painted on them. My mum still has them, but they seem much smaller now! My younger son used to call him "Farvmer Christmas". nell

my oldest daughter whos ten is just starting to question is santa real, does that make me a good lier and a bad mother?

My daughter's three boys have always had the playstation and computer games etc but get (even now in their early teens) a lot of pleasure in their stockings that they have on the bed with all the little gifts in. I don't buy my daughter a big gift any more but put lots of wrapped little presents which i buy through the year into a large silver carrier bag. (Like a large stocking really) and she loves it. She is in her 40s Ann glos

Val it's so nice to hear about people who are passing on the traditions of xmas to their children - for me xmas is about the magic of being with family & the excitment of the unknown. The best feeling in the world is when others open the pressies I've bought & the look of anticipation whne they receive the gift followed by joy when they see what they've got - trying to keep xmas about family & less about commercialisation is becoming hard, but one I hope can carry on.

elise ,, they where the days eh xxx loved them and still do have many happy memories,, now passing them on to my little girl we have bought her a rocking horse xxxx and she will have a sock at the bottom of her bed as i did xx

I still believe in Santa - the thought of not believing just wouldn't be xmas - my mum still tells me that if I'm not good then santa will not visit. I still get excited on xmas eve & have difficulty sleeping - I wake up really early on xmas morning & run downstairs like a child possessed LOL. unfortunately my 2 step-children are into their late teens & it's "not cool" to believe in Santa, & they don't seem to have the same child-like excitment about the whole xmas time. Even now xmas eve for me is for the whole family to put up the xmas tree & decorating the house. As a child I would wake up & at the bottom of the bed was my "special case" - an old pillow case that my mum hand decorated using fabic paints - she drew a santa, an angel, the north star etc on it and put our names at the top. Upon opening the pillow case in the morning, there would always be 2 satsumas, a packet of hankies, a puzzle & 2 mince pies - home made naturally. Either I would sneak into my sisters room, or she would come into mine & we would open the cases together - we would be so excited & giggle a lot - which would wake mum & dad up & then xmas would start. It would be even worse if my cousins were stopping with us as well as we would all get together & then there really would be no more sleeping LOL I feel that those days seem to be disappearing as children today seem to have everything they ever want whenever they want it. Long gone are the days where you would have to wait for your birthday or xmas to be able to have the toys you dreamed of. Xmas seems to be so commercial & it feels like the spirit of xmas is almost gone.

IM 45 AND I DO BELIEVE IN SANTA WHY NOT IT IS A WONDERFULL FEELING TO GO TO BED AND WONDER WHAT WILL BE IN YOUR STOCKING IN THE MORNING WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL WE GOT A TANGERINE A COLOURING BOOK AND A SHINY SIXPENCE OR HALF A CROWN IF WE WHERE LUCKY XX

ah bless you my children pmsl xx happy days xx

I still beleive in Santa Clause because Mrs Bear says if im good he will bring me what I want . I still want a train set (had one about 35years ago when one of my daughters had atomboy outlook) and every year im told keep beleiving so I do and why not? Rupert Bear

Hi Val Yes 2 of my younger grandchildren do and the other 2 half believe My 4 yr old grandaughter chats on about him having a Magic Key and asks how does he know that it's her house She is going to leave him a cake and a drink and some Carrots and Milk for tha reindeers They went to see Santa in the town shopping centre and when Santa asked the 7year old what he wanted for Christmas, he said I don't know you suprise me Love Brenxx

my 5 yr old little girl is so excited about santa comming to our house , that she has made him a card and wants to go shopping to bye him some goodies,,,, do your children still believe in santa ,, how old where they when the didnt .... THE MAGIC OF SANTA FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN IS IMPORTANT TO US ALL AS PARENTS