Telling young children whether Santa is or is not real is a parental ritual usually handled with painstaking care.
For students at a primary school in Hampshire, however, their childhood wonder was torn to shreds after a vicar told pupils the bearded gift-bearer was invented.
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I'm pretty sure I figured that shit out on my own when I was 4 or 5 years old. I don't recall ever believing Santa Claus was real.
