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I'm absolutely with Juju on this one. I heard it said on some show on NPR, may have been Prairie Home Companion, "A father should never lie, especially to his children". Regardless of your *intent* when you tell your children that Santa Claus is real, it's still a lie. You really cannot argue this point. And when they do discover the truth, it's going to be painful on a lot of levels. It may or may not be permanent damage, but as for me, I would rather not deal with it.
Sometimes in life a little white lie may be appropriate, but I cannot imagine any situation in which it is appropriate to lie to your children and risk any kind of erosion of trust. My son relies on me completely and will for many years to come. It is imperative to me that he always know he can trust his dad.
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