Ha, this reminds me of a similar attempt with Santa. I can’t remember how old I was but I was probably right on the cusp of knowing the Santa idea was false, and I think some of my pals were already saying this. So my idea was: we leave carrots out for the reindeers, so all you need to do is count the ones in the cupboard on Xmas Eve, then count them after to see if they had been replaced or eaten. I thought this was quite a good experiment so told some of my pals, and they all said no, Santa doesn’t exist, and I remember being quite annoyed that they were ignoring what I thought was quite an elegant experiment, regardless of what they already knew about Santa.
I didn’t carry it out myself but I’ve a vague memory of trying and being foiled, probably because my parents had either overheard me or didn’t let me run around the kitchen on my own at that age.
Ha, this reminds me of a similar attempt with Santa. I can’t remember how old I was but I was probably right on the cusp of knowing the Santa idea was false, and I think some of my pals were already saying this. So my idea was: we leave carrots out for the reindeers, so all you need to do is count the ones in the cupboard on Xmas Eve, then count them after to see if they had been replaced or eaten. I thought this was quite a good experiment so told some of my pals, and they all said no, Santa doesn’t exist, and I remember being quite annoyed that they were ignoring what I thought was quite an elegant experiment, regardless of what they already knew about Santa.
I didn’t carry it out myself but I’ve a vague memory of trying and being foiled, probably because my parents had either overheard me or didn’t let me run around the kitchen on my own at that age.