[CONLANG] Santa Claus WAS: meanings not in english

The religious section of my family (my mom & her household) doesn't take
Santa seriously at all, but doesn't discourage the fantasy either (and
everyone nowadays ascribes about half of the gifts under that tree as being
from "Santa Claus", which makes it fun trying to guess who really gave you
what).  The philosophical/educated section (my uncle & his wife) practically
gave lectures to their children about how stupid the whole thing is --
they're the sort of kids who ruined it for everyone else in kindergarten.
My brother and sister here in the secular section of the family (my father's
household) still hold onto Santa more strongly than they would the Bible, if
they were allowed near one of those.  I'll be in for a severe reprimand if I
even hint that Santa isn't real (and the younger of them is 8 years old) to
those two.  And my father's the one who has issues with me being part of an
"organized" religion (on the grounds that he doesn't think it's true).

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
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http://lloannna.blogspot.com
http://www.geocities.com/lloannna.geo

"The very young do not always do as they're told." --
'Anteaus', Stargate SG-1

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Joe Fatula
> I wonder how many people participate in (what is to me the quite
> ridiculous)
> Santa Claus thing, and to what degree.  I know that at least my family
> thinks it's stupid.
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