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View Poll Results: Tell him the truth now or give him one last Christmas with Santa | |||
Tell him the truth now | 9 | 17.31% | |
Give him one last Christmas with Santa | 37 | 71.15% | |
Gaz (yes, I'm old school CP) | 6 | 11.54% | |
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10-02-2024, 02:07 PM | #76 |
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I had often wondered why Santa liked the rich kids more than us poor kids.....
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10-02-2024, 02:14 PM | #77 |
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10-02-2024, 02:21 PM | #78 |
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Last time I went trick or treating I was 21, your kid isn't to oldfor santa
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10-02-2024, 02:21 PM | #79 |
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"sit down son, sometimes dads like to throw mommys in the Boston crab"
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10-02-2024, 02:27 PM | #80 |
Seize life. Be an ermine.
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Santa gets funding from big corporations, obviously. He's got raw materials, shipping, licensing, labor, and other costs, just like any other enterprise. He's going to treat the kids of executives and managers better than other kids, because he knows where the money comes from. It's not a bad strategy, though, because he can peel off a little of the largesse to give credits to the poor and lower middle class kids. He just can't get enough funding to extend that to the poorest kids, which is unfortunate. But business is business.
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10-02-2024, 02:36 PM | #81 |
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It’s funny. I can’t remember when or why I stopped believing in Santa. I don’t think I ever had a talk with my parents. It’s kind of like my last day of playing with G.I. Joes and Transformers. I don’t know why I stopped, I just… stopped. Life is strange. Of course, life would be stranger if I were a 49 year old grown ass man still asking Santa for G.I. Joes and Transformers.
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10-02-2024, 02:38 PM | #82 |
Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
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10-02-2024, 02:42 PM | #83 | |
Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
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Like a week later or something there was a knock at the door during dinner. Dad told me to go get it. I opened the door, and Holy Shit, it was Santa! My dad invited him in and he sat at the table. He had me and my brother sitting on his lap and asked us if we had been good. HE KNEW MY NAME AND STUFF! AND WHO MY TEACHER WAS!! Total proof. It took like another 2 years for me to figure out the truth. I have always appreciated the extra mile my dad went on that one. |
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10-02-2024, 02:48 PM | #84 |
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10-02-2024, 02:58 PM | #85 | |
You think you can get by this?
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10-02-2024, 03:10 PM | #86 |
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I was truly blessed, my folks were amazing parents. My brother and I always made a haul on holidays. When Nintendo came out, not only did we get the system, we also got dozens of games for it. Probably every title my mom found while shopping. That same year, we got a rack stereo system and television. We had our own game room complete with stand up arcade games, A/V equipment and game consoles.
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10-02-2024, 03:14 PM | #87 | |
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10-02-2024, 04:00 PM | #88 | |
Bono & Grbac wasn't enough
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10-02-2024, 04:02 PM | #89 |
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I still get gifts from Santa.
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10-02-2024, 04:21 PM | #90 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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