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I have always harboured reservations about adults convincing children of the existence of Santa Claus. Perhaps it is an innocent myth, but it requires lies from those trusted adults. I sometimes wonder how many young people experience a sense of betrayal on discovering the truth.
This moral dilemma posed by Santa occurs just annually. More frequently, social pressure forces collusion with a more heinous conspiracy.
The mandatory reaction when a young woman announces that she is expecting her first baby is as culturally prescribed and socially enforced as the requirement to ask a