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The Santa Clause in Mental Health

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What does mental health literature have to say about talking to kids about Santa Claus?

 

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/lying-to-the-kids-about-santa-claus-a-psychiatrists-view-20151217-glpn0z.html

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