Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.
I believed in Santa Claus until I was 12!
Santa was a fake.
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.
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
Every year, dads will dress up as Santa and try to surprise their kids by coming down the chimney, and every year, a dad gets stuck and dies.
Because of these layaway angels, many children did not have to wonder why Santa skipped them in 2011.
Everybody has the idea of Santa in their head and in their heart.