I don't actually remember when I learned that Santa wasn't real, all I know is that when I did figure it out, my parents didn't lead me on anymore, or maybe even ever.
No panic, no tears, no reality crumbling down around me. It worked for me, so I'll do the same with my kid and just let him go with the flow. I feel like mall Santa's are a pretty dead giveaway that it's just a guy in a suit, and if my kid can't put two and two together, they're going to have bigger issues than finding out Santa ain't real.
If my past experience carries over from GameSpot to what it's like to be a mod on Giant Bomb, it feels like being part of a small dictatorship that was constantly under threat of a coup d'etat.
Then again, the community here isn't made out of a bunch of kids constantly barking incomplete sentences on the system wars forums, so it probably doesn't translate... lucky bastards.
I don't think it's anywhere near as much an issue as it use to be back when I was a kid, but it does seem like it's flaring up again. Understandable considering this generation of console hardware has become so old.
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