>>>>On what grounds? That's ridiculous....
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>>Take another look at your Santa in that light: doesn't he look a bit suspect as he paws at your daughter and sneers at you?
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>>(a helpful contribution from a one whose daughters definitely are too old for Santa)
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>Oh, brother :)
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>A few weeks ago, Katy started asking questions that indicated she had some doubt about Santa.
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>I know that next year she'll probably be out of the Santa phase for good, but my wife and I just wanted her to have one more year of believing. Sappy as this sounds, tonight I got the only Christmas present I really needed - about a dozen good photos of her being happy with Santa and her still believing in Santa one final year.
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>(Well, that, and the 40" LG monitor I found at Best Buy for under $200....that was a good Christmas present for myself as well) :)


Santa is real Kevin. Don't listen to these sceptics. I hope your daughter enjoyed it. One of my earliest memories was visiting Father Christmas in Bristol. They'd rigged up some sort of boat simulation ride to get to his island. It was great (in my memory).