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Stephen wrote:

<<Maybe it's just because i'm not part of the Santa Claus culture, but i've   
never understood how telling a kid that an imaginary person gives them 
presents   (when it's really their friends and family), having them believe 
that for a   while and then telling them that you've been lying all along is 
supposed to be   beneficial.
Also, how is that "not intend[ing] to deceive the person"?  Are you   using 
"deceive" to mean exclusively 'malicious intent'?>>

Well, while the former's not at issue, for the latter, yes, I did mean 
"malicious intent".   I would go back and change that if I were still working 
on that language, but I'm not.   I consider it dead.

-David