>>9984281 lb
The whole thing about Santa is really so very evil.
It takes a celebration that is supposed to be about the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ (even though we all know He was born on 9/11) and puts everything into the hands of a made up character. It also takes all the work and effort of the parents getting all the gifts for their children and gives all the credit to a fictional character. It also forces the parents, like you said, to lie to their children, FOR YEARS! Until they grow up and find out it's false. Imagine if you have multiple children, different ages, some already grown and know the truth, while the young ones still believing a lie. What chaos and division that whole thing causes in the family.
I told my son the truth from day one. I never lied to him, I just couldn't do it. Saved our family a LOT of hastles and my son grew up trusting us.