I was about 7 years old and several children at school said he was not real .I viewed these children as naughty and did not believe them
Then one evening I opened the door to a walk in cupboard at the top of the stairs where my toys were stored
On opening the door I was knocked over by a child's pushchair which was my sisters Christmas present
Mom and Dad said Father Christmas had put it there because he could not get it down the chimney
I did not accept this explanation and then from that day I no longer believed
I did have to promise not to tell my younger sister and I did keep that promise regardless of what other children told her
After my sister also discovered the truth about Father Christmas we approached searching for presents each year as a military exercise Waiting till mom was out the house , then we would work together as a team systematically searching the entire house room by room
This resulted in Mom and dad storing presents at the next door neighbors house and two children spending many hours of fruitless searching