Santa are you a lie, like the cake!?

When we were young, we were told tales of Santa Claus and how he'd bring us presents if we were nice. As we grew older we've realized that these presents under the tree at Christmas were from our parents and that Santa was a lie. Then we think about all the other holiday figures that we've come to know and love, were they lies too? What other news are you going to toss on us? Is the cake a lie too? These are some questions that come to our minds when we see through the smoke and mirrors but was it really okay for our parents to enforce such an empty token economy?

According to Dr. Benjamin Siegel, when we were seven years old and younger, we went through a period called "fantasy life magic years (What, that's too much. I could barely understand that)." Basically during this period we're susceptible to the influence of the holiday stories that we all hold close to our childhood. But these are all going to become lies and will harm us right? No, it isn't really going to hurt us in the long run, but these myths emphasize the importance of morality and actually benefit us. But why tell us this lie in the first place? One word. Magic. Special moments or holidays just aren't as enjoyable without a little pizazz; not saying that time with the family is boring but when I was little, my definition of fun was completely different from my older family members. But magic is fake too! Stop being so pessimistic!  This magic isn't the one with smoke and mirrors that we can never imitate without being a magician, this magic is a child's imagination fuel. These myths engage a child's imagination and brings out many of life's joys.

So should parents lie about Santa and Co.? Meh, go for it. Not like it really harms us anyways, we all love the magic of holidays. Why? Why not!? Magic is like the icing on the cake, it just makes it a lot better so just stop downing the mood. When we come to realize that they're fake, we come to realize they're fake. There's not much to it. Sure it might have been a lie but we enjoyed the moments before right?Any-who! Holidays were a time meant to be enjoyed with your family and those myths were meant to spice up that time. Whether you freaked out when you found out that those myths were a lie after all, it won't hurt you in any way. This magic just gives us something to actually look forward to, other than that time with family. Sure Santa might have turned out to be a lie, which makes this easy to relate to "The cake is a lie!" Okay, the cake is a lie..? Just make your own cake and the cake isn't a lie anymore. Bottom line is, it's fine for parents to lie to their children about Santa and other myths. These myths just give us a little something to look forward for throughout the years of our childhood, making our childhood...a childhood.