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Why was mom right to tell me that Santa Claus didn’t exist?

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Why was mom right to tell me that Santa Claus didn’t exist?

Pabio December 9, 2024

Why was mom right to tell me that Santa Claus didn’t exist?

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Why was mom right to tell me that Santa Claus didn’t exist?

By Max Pemberton

What I’m about to tell you may take your breath away, but the fact is that I was barely five years old when I discovered that Santa Claus didn’t exist.

What caused my rude awakening? No, I didn’t see my dad come into my room with a bag full of presents, and I didn’t fall victim to a mean older kid at school.

Instead, I asked my mother and she told me, plain and simple, that he didn’t exist.

She explained the folklore around Saint Nicholas and how he secretly gave gifts, and that this tradition continues…

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