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There are many ways to achieve evidence of Santa to prove to everyone – children, friends, and even adults – he is real. Many doubt or refuse to believe this because of "evidence" and supposed inaccuracies, but this evidence will make them realize he is.
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Send a personal letter addressed to Santa. You can ask him about his daily life and what he has been doing, as well as put in your yearly gift requests in your letter and see if he answers. Before you send it off, you can decorate it. -
Do some external reading in reference to his existence.- Buy "Flight of the Reindeer" by Robert Sullivan. It is a completely legitimate book about Santa that gives much information on it.
- Check for other historical or Christmas-related titles at the library.
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Research, in books, articles, online, and watching television. Also consider discussing the topic with your friends and peers. Remember, though, you may subject yourself to some embarrassment being vocal about the topic in some social circumstances. Just ignore people who make fun of you.- Read "Flight of the Reindeer," as noted in the above step.
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Track and watch Santa's journey. You can track him with NORAD Tracks Santa or the Google Santa Tracker. You can also watch the Weather Channel as they track his travels. -
Bring a clock to your room. Check the clock when it is 12:00 to 12:15 so your parents are not awake. -
Get up from your bed. Sneak outside the room you are in and bring a device you can record the proof with. -
Attract Santa. Make your home a welcome place for him to visit, keeping the lawn and living room, very neat and tidy.- Decorate your house fancifully for Christmas. No cheap lights. It should look like the house in "The Nutcracker." Make paper snowflakes and hang them everywhere. Put candles in the window and use small white Christmas lights. There are lots of things to buy in Christmas catalogs.
- Have Christmas music playing in your home. It may also help if you play music from "The Nutcracker," which can be found on iTunes and at the play. You have probably heard it in previews for many Christmas films.
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Hide somewhere in the living room that is a secure hiding place. -
Quickly check everyone who walks past. See if it happens to be Santa and record it quickly. -
Find Santa yourself.- You need to sneak downstairs without anyone hearing you. Even though it is fun to have someone come with you (like a sibling or cousin), be warned that you two are more likely to be heard.
- Plan ahead. Make a map of your house and living room. Mark all the spots where the floor or stairs creak, etc. Map your route, emergency escape route, and hiding spots in case someone goes down to see what is going on.
- Make a Santa Cam. First, get a shoe box and spray-paint it a Christmas color. Put a bow on top. Make sure it looks like a real present. Then get a video camera. Put it in the shoe box, mark where the lens touches the box (this can be done by painting the rim of the lens with washable watercolor paint and pressing it against the box) and cut it out with a cardboard box cutter. The camera should be concealed in the present. Make sure the hole points towards the fireplace. Finally, turn the camera on so it films all night.
- If you are willing to stay up all night and want to watch the fireplace live while being hidden, here is what to do: Ask a person who knows how to use a camera show you how you can see what you filmed on a television. This is done by turning the mode to VTR and plugging it into the television with a cable that has red, white, and yellow ends into the sockets of those colors. Hide the television (which should be small) somewhere near if you do not have one in your living room. Now you can watch the fireplace hidden away.
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QuestionDoes Santa know when you're awake?Iris8989Community AnswerAccording to the song "Santa Claus is Coming To Town", there is a part where it says, "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake!" So yes, Santa technically knows when you're awake.
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QuestionWhy would you want to be awake when he only comes when you're asleep?Anderson BridgesCommunity AnswerSo you can actually see Santa in your house. Wouldn’t it be cool if you saw Santa inside your house?
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QuestionWhat if my brother doesn't believe Santa but I want to show him some proof?Anderson BridgesCommunity AnswerYou can definitely try and convince people that Santa Claus is real, but you can't force them to believe. Try showing the evidence and see if he changes his mind, that's great. If he doesn't, then you'll just have to accept that.
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Tips
- Make sure you stay quiet while trying to get up and turn on the camera.Thanks
- When your parents want you to go to bed and make you stay in there until you fall asleep, put a plate of cookies out and hang bells over it. When Santa reaches for a cookie, he will wake you up.Thanks
- If you are making a video, leave the Christmas tree on all night so you can see Santa clearly. Or, at least, some of him if he is not completely visible.Thanks
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- To attract Santa, leave him some snacks (who doesn't like sweet treats). You can give him brownies, cupcakes, or the original cookies and milk!
- If you have a tediously decorated Christmas tree, that's also a good place to hide the camera. Just tuck it in the branches.
- Sometimes, Santa moves too fast for a camera to record him. Check the floor for red fabric or large footprints.
- Set out a big plate of cookies and watch it to see if Santa leaves any crumbs or bite marks on the cookies.
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Warnings
- Do not let Santa see you or he might not return next year.Thanks
- Be warned that after a certain age, Santa sometimes stops coming, usually when we mature and enter adolescence. What do you do then? Go out and find him, of course. Plan to go on an expedition to the North Pole when you are old enough like Will Steger in "Flight of the Reindeer". Visit such places as Hafnarfjörõur, Iceland (featured in the book). However, Santa has been known to visit people of different ages and even visit the children-at-heart, so you may not have all to lose. After all, he does visit whoever he can, as long as they are good people.Thanks
- Do not listen to what other people tell you about Santa. Your friends will probably stop believing. Your parents could have stopped believing and will give you a "talk" when you are older and ask them if he exists. They might say something like, "Santa is the spirit in all of us."Thanks
- Santa does not come to everyone's house. Only the people who have been good or clever all year need or deserve presents. Do not be disappointed if he does not show up every year.Thanks
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Things You'll Need
- Video Camera
- Television
- Cable to connect the video camera to the television
- Shoebox
- Spray paint
- Bow
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