Jingle bells are not ringing just yet, but there's already a ho-ho-ho in the minds of children. Films, storybooks, fairs, and marketplaces have created an image of a red-suited, big tummy, white-haired, gift giving, loving and laughing Santa clause. Children had always fantasized Santa.
According to dailymail UK, Santa's character could be damaging rather amusing to the children. Psychologists conclude that the truth about Santa could make children distrust their parents, and that could result in extreme difficulties in their relationship. Australian researcher Dr. Kathy McKay and Exeter University psychologist Professor Christopher Boyle have stated that children eventually find out the truth about Santa, which makes them wonder why they've been lied for so long.
The exposure to the truth can be damaging, and children could think that they might have been lied about other things as well. The experts also add that making children believe that Santa is going to know if a child makes a mischief is parents desire to relive their early days as a child, this thinking pattern is evident in fandom's based on fantasy stories and characters such as Harry Potter, Doctor who and Superman.
American psychologists also supports the above-mentioned advice, Sputnik News reported that after the Australian researchers, Americans are following their footsteps too and are suggesting parents tell their children the truth about Santa, because if someone else tells them the truth, it might be damaging to the child as well as it could build distrust in their parents.
Interestingly many parents did not like the suggestion and said that Santa Claus stories make their children happy and Christmas is incomplete without Santa's stage sleigh, and they had a childhood with memories of finding gifts under trees and thinking they were from Santa Claus.
