Another intern at my 'job' told me she stopped believing in God when she stopped believing in Santa Claus & was more upset about Santa Claus not being real! I had to hold back my laughter cause she was being super serious LOL!!
I'm still pissed off over the Easter Bunny.
Love all those cutesy stories about Saint Nick . . . the patron saint of thieves and prostitutes. Why aren't there more Christmas stories featuring thieves and prostitutes? There could be a feel-good Lifetime movie about a kindly, old man buying young women out prostitution or motivating young people to pursue a career alternative to thievery. Instead, they just tell people to go to bed and you'll have treats when you wake up.
Funny, I always thought he was just helping the father with their bride price/ dowery so that they could marry.