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The Physics of Santa
Roland Piquepaille writes "If you don't believe that Santa Claus can deliver presents to millions of homes in a single night, Larry Silverberg, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU), explains that Santa's society of elves has an understanding of physics and engineering that exceeds our own. In fact, Santa Claus and his crew really can deliver presents in one night because of their advanced knowledge of electromagnetic waves, the space/time continuum, nanotechnology, genetic engineering and computer science. For example, he doesn't carry presents. He uses a nano-toymaker to fabricate toys grown atom by atom inside the children's homes. Very entertaining reading... Here is a link to additional details and pictures of Santa and his elves flying over New Zealand."
Christmas is a time of family and, for our children, we instill a sense of "magic" to put the children in a wonderous awe.
Such a revolting cliche, I'm sure you didn't invent it yourself. You yourself are mindlessly repeating the same bullshit that was crammed down your throat at some point. Surely the truth is closer to: Christmas is my vacation time and, for our own purposes, we lie to instill a sense of "fear" to get the little bastards to sit still once in a fucking minute.
Or would you rather tell your 6 year old that we live in a cold, godless, harsh world where evil and greed runs wild.
More like, at this point, you're trapped in your own lie and will procrastinate telling the kids you've been lying to them. You can't escape that eventuality. The stress must really be killing you. But then again, you get to use your advantage in years and intelligence to play mind games with them, isn't that fun?