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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
So you're saying that if the parents continued to tell their child of the existence of Santa, that child would likely continue to believe in Santa as an adult?
FYI, when it comes to Santa I'm definitely agnostic.  |
Photon answered but I will as well.
For the first 9-10 years of a child's existence the Santa myth is played out in full technicolor. The child buys into it fully. The story is replenished with pictures of Santa, music, the guy at the Mall and every department store, books, you name it. They cannot go anywhere in the western world without knowing of and hearing about Santa.
Its only when children of families who do not have the same belief and children of families who finally tell their children he doesn't exist that the fairy tale ends.
Lets suppose families didn't tell their kids Santa was a fake, they let the story continue and told their children that those who didn't believe were wrong and damned to a life in hell for that thought.