Ok...... I wanted to vent my opinions on this weird social construct that we call 'Santa Claus'. I want to preface this with - I do not have any children of my own, and have nothing against anyone telling their children about Santa - however I used to work with children and young adults with special needs and therefore have experienced first hand the confusion that this kind of hypocritical social construct can cause. Let's start by breaking down exactly what (or who) Santa is, without taking any festivity or tradition into account: Santa is an old man who comes into your house in the middle of the night (down the chimney no less?!) and leaves presents for children. By this logic, we can both trust unknown men in our house (while we are sleeping) and especially unknown men who give us presents. As neuro-typical adults, we understand this construct as 'tradition' and 'a bit of fun', or whatever you want to call it. But for some people, rules (do not trust un