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I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

— Jami Attenberg

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was Santa Claus in first year of primary school, our elementary's school play, because I had most panache, that was probably why. I was 5.

— James Frecheville

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

— Shirley Temple

I believed in Santa Claus until I was 12!

— Danielle de Niese

My favorite holiday memory was sitting at home all day in my pajamas during winter break for school watching a bunch of old Christmas movies like 'Jack Frost' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' with my siblings and parents.

— Becky G

I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.

— Joe Nichols

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

— Rosecrans Baldwin

Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.

— Carol Ann Duffy

I have to confess that I've never been a great fan of Christmas or, as it's known in our house, The Monster That Ate the Last Third of the Year. It's mostly the rampant consumerism I object to, but I'm also a little wary of the annual crop of new Christmas stories and sometimes wonder why anyone bothers.

— Tony Bradman

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up believing in Santa Claus, and we still treat our house at Christmas with a huge reverence for that belief - even though our children are 19 through 23.

— Mary Steenburgen

For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.

— Chris Pine