YES
Dr. James E. Mahon
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, LEHMAN COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Santa Claus is not a fictional character. Santa Claus is a lie character. There’s an important difference. Harry Potter is a fictional character. Children are not supposed to believe that Harry Potter exists. But children are supposed to believe Santa Claus exists. I think it is time that parents stopped lying to children about Santa Claus. Let’s turn Santa Claus into a fictional character. He can still appear on Christmas cards and wrapping paper, in store windows and even in shopping mall Christmas grottoes. Just not as someone who is supposed to be real.
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