Little children sitting on Santa's lap. A total stranger. That was a bad idea. I remember I wouldn't do it. Scary man with a fake beard!

You're smart!

It really is a strange concept. Then as a parent you are left with pictures of your kid on some strangers lap lol.

Fookin times we live in I tell ya .. wow

I took Santa Clause hard...I cried and felt betrayed! Changed me forever! Shitty trick to play on kids...Just sayin....

Now that you say that I bet that has to be one of the first red pills!

I figured out the Santa Claus thing myself when I was about 7 but I always thought it was a sweet thing and I kept it going for my younger siblings.

This year, I forgot to buy a cake for my birthday

Happy belated bday 🎂

Maybe we shouldn't keep track of our birthdays? 🤔

right? I just had a birthday Saturday. There were no chants, no candles, no cake, none of it.
Now that I know, I can't participate 'knowingly'.

Come to think of it we should make up a new song that's catchy

ya know i hadnt heard about the bday one til recently but i have hated the whole cake and song thing for as long as i had a choice, so much so that at 5 or 6 i ran out of a restaurant when my grandfather had gotten the waitstaff to do their thing. no school parties, no family singalongs, none of that crap....until i had my stroke at 35 i still got id'ed for every beer, but hey prolly just good jeans and none of that silly soul stealing nonsense right...

Lol could be... BUT... idk... I actually thought about this a week ago or two ago and that exact same thought crossed my mind

I still get IDed a lot too and one thing about me is that I hate celebrating my bday so I've missed out on my fair share of chants

Definitely makes me wonder 🤔

.....religious indoctrination......
This one will be the hardest for many IMO.

I think a lot of Anons would agree with you on this one especially.