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Is Santa silly?

Arran

I'm writing this as someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas in either a religious or cultural sense. From a young age I was told that Santa doesn't exist and is just a silly hoax that parents play on their kids. It never affected me in any bad way and neither was I expecting to find wrapped presents mysteriously appear on the morning of the 25th day of December. If anybody in my family received a Christmas gift then it was usually opened on the same day. A downside to this is that even from the age of 4 or 5 I went round telling kids at school "Father Christmas isn't real, it's all made up, your parents buy Christmas presents from the shops" which often resulted in me getting into trouble whenever they got upset. I once had to report to the head teacher after completely reducing a classmate to tears.

Is the concept of Santa a silly nonsense or is it part of the joys of childhood? Do you tell your own children the truth or would you prefer to go along with the cultural norm? Is pleasing one's classmates more important than knowing the truth? What about children at school who follow different religions so do not celebrate Christmas - where do they fit in?

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  • 'does the yeti  exist'

    Person a) no because there is no clear photographic evidence

    Person b) but my mate john says it does

    Person a) surely by now with all the reports of sightings someone would have take a clear picture.

    Person b) but my mate jeff says he's knows someone who has seen it.

    Because no evidence exists either way, person a is trying to reason through logic, person b however despite knowing there is no evidence simply chooses to put forward other people's views which contain no evidence either.  Honestly, it's like trying to describe fractal equations to someone who cannot even add up.

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  • 'does the yeti  exist'

    Person a) no because there is no clear photographic evidence

    Person b) but my mate john says it does

    Person a) surely by now with all the reports of sightings someone would have take a clear picture.

    Person b) but my mate jeff says he's knows someone who has seen it.

    Because no evidence exists either way, person a is trying to reason through logic, person b however despite knowing there is no evidence simply chooses to put forward other people's views which contain no evidence either.  Honestly, it's like trying to describe fractal equations to someone who cannot even add up.

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