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Pop Up video ruined Christmas for me


I was watching Pop Up Video on Christmas day in '97 or '98, and Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" came on. I was like 8, and I was watching, and a pop-up came up that read "All children under 8 leave the room!" So, I didn't, and I didn't know what was happening, until the next pop-up came up. It read:

"Santa Claus isn't real"

At this point I still believed in Santa, so I was traumatized. I called for my mom, and she told me VH1 is stupid, but this was really it for me. I never believed again.

I sense that I'm not the only person this happened to, do you know anyone else who had Santa demystified by Mariah Carey and VH1? I want to write a story about this, and I could use some crowdsourcing to help. Specifically, I need to figure out:

1) The episode's original air date
2) The original text of the revealing pop-ups
3) Potential re-run dates (so I can pinpoint exactly when this happened to me)
4) Other peoples' reactions.

I'm going to be sending an FOIA request to get any FCC complaints related to Pop Up Video, so hopefully that'll help, but I wanted to see if any of you had input for me.

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Or you could just grow up.

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No one mention the Easter Bunny!

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