Comments are now working on the blog. Chatter away. Today’s topic of discussion:
Telling children that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, etc. exist sets them up for an ultimately disappointing revelation that their parents have lied to them, and their universe is not as safe and comforting as they once believed. Some argue that children may come to the conclusion that their parents have lied to them about the existence of God as well.
If this is true, should parents:
- Tell their kids that Santa exists, in order to teach them the hard lesson that adults are not to be trusted and God does not exist?
- Not mention Santa or treat Santa as a fairy tale, assuming that the kids will learn eventually that adults are merely human in some other way.
- Tell their kids that Santa exists, because it’s fucking hilarious to play that kind of trick on people, nobody but your own kids are gullible enough to fall for it.
Secretly Ironic 
Personally I’d rather avoid the whole ordeal, but the unfortunate fact is, if you tell your kid there’s no Santa, he’ll be the one kid in class that stirs up all the others saying there’s no Santa and then all the parents will call you and bitch at you.
Unless you home-school, in which case your child will already be an isolated social cripple.
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