Today, I went to a Christmas-themed amusement park with my 21-year-old autistic sister who adores Christmas. She took her picture with Santa and started crying happy tears. Then Santa asked her loudly, "Aren't you beyond old enough to know I'm not real?" Vacation ruined. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
Today, I took my 5-year old daughter to get a photo taken with Santa, when she asked the dreaded question of why this Santa looked different from one at the other store. Before I could placate her, some cunt of a kid yelled, "Because he's not real, dumbass!" FML
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
Today, I took the 6 year old I'm babysitting to the mall to see Santa after weeks of her begging. We got there in time to see him get out of his Prius and dress in the parking lot. FML
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
Today, I took my daughter to see Santa at the mall. When I went to pick her up from Santa's lap, my watch snagged on his beard, pulling it off in front of my daughter and about twenty kids in line. My daughter still isn't speaking to me. FML
Today, I was on the phone with my friend, when my four year old nephew came in, asking who I was talking to. I told him it was Santa Claus, so he insisted on talking to him. I handed over the phone and I hear, "Santa is fake. Grow up." I spent the next two hours with a screaming child proving Santa exists. FML
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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DanielleinDC 34
What a jerk. Did it not occur to him that there are adults with developmental disabilities who might like Santa?
RichardPencil 32
He broke character?!?!?! I’m sure he went on to talk about Fight Club...
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Comments (43)
blahblabbity 19
tell her that he’s right! the real santa is too busy making toys for everyone and he had to send a replacement, and that he wouldn’t want her to be sad about it
Justine Malang 16
Wow. That Santa is slow in the head.
tounces7 28
Was this at Santa's Workshop?
skippydoda 32
More like vacation refunded! No, seriously I'd be yelling at management until they refunded what I spent on this vacation..
John Nemeth 14
What the hell do you mean Santa isn’t real? Then who the hell has eating my cookies for the past 20 years?
Davros 12
Says the guy in the strange red suit who has thousands of kids come sit on his lap
Tim Carver 9
I hope you talked to his manager and had him fired... I mean damn at Disney if you even cant sign the name properly they fire your ass
Chazzster 32
I feel a bit conflicted about this one. Obviously the person at the theme park should not have broken character and disappointed a developmentally handicapped person even if they are 21. On the other hand a child of 6 years old generally learns the truth about Santa, the Easter Bunny, etc. I would think even a developmentally handicapped person of 21 should be at least as informed as a 6 year old. I do not believe that it is wise to prolong these childhood fantasies for a variety or reasons - The most pressing reason is that a child needs to trust and believe their parents will tell them the truth. There is a difference between protecting a child from reasonable harm and over-sheltering them from learning about the world. I am not without sympathy- my (adopted) son had learning disabilities and ADD. It was not easy raising him, but truthfully his disabilities were not as severe as what you are describing. So I have no walked in OP’s shoes.
indienerdgirl 27
So I can see where you're coming from and I get your point. But not all kids learn that Santa isn't real by 6. And yeah I get your point about them relying on their parents for what's true and not. So basically I agree for the most part but being severely disabled as OPs sister sound she does have to rely on her parents and older sister to understand things and make the right choices. But with kids who aren't as severe as her yeah I get your point. (also if this makes no sense I'm on my phone and can't read your comment while I reply so sorry in advance for anything that went over my head lol) 😄
Siobhán Joanne Weiss-Donnelly 10
That's definitely worth writing a letter to that jerks manager.
nitsud82 14
Alternate FML "Today I had to take Santa out back and beat him like a red headed stepchild"