My opinion : He is not real.

My friend saw Rudolph. Did you see him see Rudolph ? It could be he just saw one of those decorations they put on roofs or a cloud or a shadow or something like that.

   My other friend's cousin found a piece of red fabric in her chimney Christmas morning along with sooty footprints across their living room.  It is clear to me that your friend's cousin got tricked by her own parents. Many adults think it's cute when they see their kids get all excited about something that's not real. It's cruel, if you ask me, tricking their own kids like that, and I'm glad my parents never told me Santa or the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy was real.

In some countries, he comes up to your door to hand you presents instead of doing it in secret. Yes, about that, I don't know if it would occur to you, but people do have Santa costumes . .  . .

Why not believe? It doesn't do anything bad. I don't know why I don't believe in him. I believe in somethings people think are silly; I'm a Christian. But then again, there's good and solid proof on that, (Don't even get me started on that) and Santa just seems . . . so, so, IMPROBABLE. A guy coming around the world in one night ? Seriously ? That does not sound very realistic, and I am a Realist (and a pesimist, as you may have noticed).

SANTA'S REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Santa got me something I knew my parents couldn't afford.

One year, Santa got me, my two sisters, and my mom all bikes. That's FOUR bikes! My mom really coulden't afford those at the time.

2. Pretty much the same as number one, but it happened to someone in my class.

She got a TRAMPOLINE!!!!

3. There are like, a million movies that say he's real!

So, why not? If they say he's real, believe them! I'm still a kid, anyways.

Opinion: Saint Nick was real - at one point.

Evidence 1: I'm sorry, but nobody can live for however many years Santa Claus has been known for. It's impossible.

Evidence 2: There are many stories orginating at about the same time about Santa Claus, but from a long time ago, way before our generation.

Evidence 3: If he was real today, wouldn't a lot of problems be cured? Starvation, homelessness, etc.?

I believe that Saint Nick was a real person once, but Santa Claus is a make-believe person who is based off of him. I believe that on Christmas, Santa Claus does not come to deliver gifts, but rather someone else. Not just parents! Neighbors, relatives, and friends can also "play Santa" for children. Anyone can be a "Santa Claus figure." For example, I played Santa for needy children this year by raising money to buy them gifts they otherwise would not recieve. 

I have mixed feelings 

why he would be real  

1 a friend of mine saw Santa's sleigh flying in the sky  

reasons he is not real 

1 we tried to cach Santa on video on my dads phone but he forgot to charge it. 

2 our chimney is to small for santa to fit through.  

3 nobody can fly around the world in one night well dropping of presents at most houses. 

So overall I think he is probly not.  

Santa Claus is totally real!

1. We mail him letters. They are sent. SOMBODY at the freakin' North Pole is getting those, and if it ain't Santa Claus, then I'm not blonde.

2. RUDOLPH HIT MY BEDROOM WINDOW I KID Y'ALL NOT. There was a VERY loud clack against my window, and I saw a a red light. Debunk that.

3. Santa brought me something my parents didn't even know I wanted. 

4. I saw a reindeer outside at the edges of our yard early early one Christmas. No, it was not a deer. I've seen loads of deer. This was a reindeer. 

5. And finally, have y'all not seen the Polar Express?! Seriously, that explains it all.

"The bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe."

SANTA IS REAL

1. When i was little, i wanted to see if santa was real, so i didn't tell my parents what i wanted, and santa still got it for me.

2. I've heard bells in the night

3. My friends parents hate the cookies that set out for santa, and in the morning they're not in the trash.

4. on a tv show my teacher saw, it was trying to prove that this man she used to be dating was santa. The police found him holding a large bag of toys and thought he was stealing, but he later proved otherwise. then he gave them a letter and said to give it to a certain girl. then, a few years later, they were dating and the gurlsuspected something so she went to the police, gave her name and they gave her a letter. It was a letter she wrote to santa when she was 4 and hadnt met the man yet. it said that she wanted to meet santa for christmas. And she most likely did. 

Well, I'm not really in a place to make a judgment, being Jewish and all, but I think you guys should maybe experiment this year and find out once and for all. Don't get angry at me, please, this is just a suggestion, but maybe you could leave out a camera to videotape overnight or a note to Santa asking for a reply, and see what happens. Or make sure your parents can't place out presents on Christmas Eve when you are in bed, and see if you have presents under the tree in the morning. I just think these some things you could do, and who knows? Maybe Santa is real!

Oh yeah, Blonde Heroines Rule you are totally right! And that is so cool how rudolph hit your window!!!!! Also, and I have a few more reasons I believe:

1:  My parents said I wasn't getting a Kindle till I was in middle school but Santa gave me a Kindle when I was in fifth grade.

2:  Santa gave my little brother a whoopie cushion and my mother hated it as soon as she saw the package. Why would my parents get him something they hated? My mom actually threw it away.

3:  Santa does not eat all of the cookies we leave out for him. He only takes a few bites of the amazingly delicious cookies and my dad would totally eat all of them.

4:  My parents wrap the presents from them, but Santa does not wrap his. 

I'm trying to decide whether or not to try to catch him on tape. My best friend is ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that his is fake. She says her mother 'confessed.' So now I'm nervous that I'm going to be disappointed and find out that he is fake. I don't think he is fake, but what if he is?

@ EarthGirl: Santa doesn't wrap our presents either! Just another sign he's real.

And y'all, I'm gonna be blunt, you can't videotape Santa. I mean, loads of other people have tried. You can't do it. He's been doing this for hundreds of years; there's no way he would be caught as simply as being seen on camera.

SANTA CLAUS.

Not real.

My evidence: 1: My friend saw Rudolph.

Was this on a TV show called Santawatch? Because the Rudolph there is just a reindeer with a fake nose. If it was "Real" it could've been a decoration. Or she could have been dreaming. 

  2: My other friend's cousin found a piece of red fabric in her chimmney Christmas morning along with sooty footprints across their living room.

Her parents were trying to make her believe more. A cute idea, but not proof. 

  3: In some countries, he comes up to your door to hand you presents instead of doing it in secret.

It's just a man in a wig, beard, and red outfit. They do that at malls too. 

  4: Why not believe? It doesn't do anything bad.

I agree, but eventually your parents will tell you like mine did. 

Santa Claus is not real.

1. We mail him letters. They are sent. SOMBODY at the freakin' North Pole is getting those, and if it ain't Santa Claus, then I'm not blonde.

The post office just takes those and hides them, right? That, or your parents read them and just tell you they were mailed.

2. RUDOLPH HIT MY BEDROOM WINDOW. I KID Y'ALL NOT. There was a VERY loud clack against my window, and I saw a a red light. Debunk that.

I can. The red light could have reflected from the street, and a reindeer could not possibly have hit your window. Reindeer are several hundred pounds and a flying reindeer could shatter plexiglass fairly easily. Your window wouldn't have held up.

3. Santa brought me something my parents didn't even know I wanted. 

They read your letter. Simple as that.

4. I saw a reindeer outside at the edges of our yard early early one Christmas. No, it was not a deer. I've seen loads of deer. This was a reindeer. 

Reindeer are for hire in many states. It may have been a decoration, too, put up by the neighbors to make you believe.

5. And finally, have y'all not seen the Polar Express?! Seriously, that explains it all.

"The bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe."

The polar express is a cartoon. They can say whatever they want.