Kids: Today, my 8-year-old came home from school crying. Apparently...

By SantaClaus - 02/11/2013 04:19 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my 8-year-old came home from school crying. Apparently her teacher told the whole class to write about how they felt when they learned that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy weren't real. FML

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By Cherie - 07/12/2010 18:25 - United States

Today, my daughter told my son that Santa is not real. Of course, being a child, he started to cry. My only problem is, my son is 11 and my daughter is 6. FML

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By The Horrible Older Sister - 02/09/2012 10:07 - United States - Phoenix

Today, my little sister came home crying because someone had shown her a video about the Slender Man. Trying to calm her down, I explained to her that he wasn't real, just like Santa Claus. She looked up at me and said "Santa's not real?" It's been 3 hours, and she hasn't stopped crying. FML

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By Santa - 25/12/2014 03:01 - United States - Cocoa

Today, my 8-year-old daughter was throwing a tantrum, and I said "Keep this up and I'll tell Santa to take your presents back." She told me I don't even know Santa, at which point I accidentally blurted that I'm "Santa". FML

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Hail Santa

By Holidayruined - 26/12/2021 10:59

Today, my 16 year-old son had a tantrum over me asking him to clean up his room, and decided to tell my 6 year-old daughter that Santa isn't real, and that it was me who bought her presents. My daughter is inconsolable. FML

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By TooTallNiCo - 28/11/2009 17:36 - United States

Today, I was at lunch with my mom and we were talking about how to tell my brother that Santa Claus isn't real. After we finished our conversation, I heard someone crying. Little did I know, two little kids and their parents were sitting in the booth behind me. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/12/2013 07:17 - United States - San Pablo

Today, my fifteen year-old son decided to tell his little five year-old sister that Santa isn't real. She now refuses to talk to any of us and thinks "her whole life is a lie". FML

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By santashelper - 05/12/2011 23:32 - United States

Today, I took my kids to the mall to see Santa. While waiting in line, my eldest got bored and loudly complained, "I don't know why we're here. Santa's not even real." I don't think any of the kids within a hundred feet took the news very well. FML

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By n1a1t1h1a1n1 - 11/12/2012 07:15 - United States - San Francisco

Today, on the bus, when I was asking my 6-year-old son what he wanted for Christmas, a stranger came up to us and yelled at him about how Santa Claus is not real, that his "parents are fucking liars" and that he should "never listen to anything one of those fuckers says." FML

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By unknown - 17/12/2012 11:37 - Canada

Today, I brought my 6-year-old to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. She told him what she wanted and smiled for the picture. When the lady told her that her turn was over, she began throwing a fit, pulling off Santa's beard in the process. This caused all the kids in line to begin sobbing. FML

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He's not??

By Anonymous - 22/12/2023 08:00

Today, my daughter ran up to an old man with a white beard and a red sweater because she thought he might be Santa. He was a homeless dude, drunk at 9 in the morning. He told her to either give him money or f**k off, then screamed at her that "Santa’s not real, grow up r*tard." She’s still crying FML

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hessel 13

Saturday 2 November 2013 12:37

even worse. my 5 year old nephew had the same experience. his teacher had the same assignment and got the whole class in tears because they all still believed in santa

dragonfyre73 4

Saturday 2 November 2013 12:34

My sisters are ten and they still believe, so that was a major bitchmove.

Comments

seeoseek 18

Saturday 2 November 2013 13:28

Wow that's ****** up!

Phoebe18 14

Saturday 2 November 2013 13:31

To the people giving the teacher shit for their choice of assignment I hope you all know that assignments are set by someone higher than the teacher and handed to them to give to the class. Unless the teacher chose to do this all by themselves then I don't think they're the only one to blame here. It's a fml for the children, the parents and possibly the teacher. We need more information on this, like did the teacher choose to do this or were they told to by someone higher up in the education department? Like I said, most assignments, class work, class trips, anything like that is decided by people higher in the education line and passed down to teachers to pass on to students. It could have been an honest mistake, someone not realizing that at 8 children still believe in this stuff or it could be a dick move by the teacher. We don't know all the information so no one can really judge.

erjazo 17

Saturday 2 November 2013 13:35

What planet do you live on? The teachers are told what the children have to learn, not how to teach it! Assignments are personalized by the teachers, so, yes, this teacher CHOSE this assignment. No "higher up" gets that involved in classroom workings unless the teacher in question is a problem.

xZoeAmethystx 12

Saturday 2 November 2013 16:14

My mother is a high school teacher and her mother was a elementary school teacher. I can assure you with complete confidence that while the assignments must follow the curriculum, the teachers do indeed choose the assignments themselves, and as far as feild trips go, it only has to go as high as the department head or maybe the principal.

fucMyLifeSoHard 18

Sunday 3 November 2013 4:48

25- Are you retarded? Teachers are given an AKS to teach, but each teacher writes an individual lesson plan. It was the teacher's assignment, it is nobody else's fault but the teacher.

wassup388 25

Wednesday 20 January 2016 1:34

Not always so unless you personally 100% know this assignment was issued by the board of education

MrsPegg 45

Saturday 2 November 2013 13:34

I found out at school by a teacher as well and it was horrible! OP I am so incredibly sorry this happened to your child and hope their broken heart heals quickly! ... And not to sound like a broken record, but I definitely think you should speak with the teacher about this; there's something wrong with a person who does this! For goodness sake they could've asked who believes before deciding (and its horrible to even contemplate) to create such a horrible assignment!

SgtAssCheeks 21

Saturday 2 November 2013 13:37

Aint that a kick in the head... this would have been a good assignment for your daughter if she was like.... I dont know, 14, 15 years old? F your daughter's life

bugfroggy 16

Sunday 3 November 2013 6:49

I don't think that should be an assignment at any age. I'm sure there are children at the age of 14 who still believe in Santa Claus, or any other fantasy fiction character.

NML27 8

Saturday 2 November 2013 13:45

"And here, at the top of the globe, is the North Pole where Santa lives! But we all know he's not real!" That's how I found out at 9. I was crushed.

Llama_Face89 33

Saturday 2 November 2013 14:02

I saw a woman at Walmart buying toys with her kid (looked about 6). Kid was reaching for a toy while she was paying and she said, "no you can't have that now it's going to be from Santa." You're missing the point, woman!!