The Santa Claus Syndrome is the effect of societal complicity in, and/or complacency to, lies and the belief that’s ok.
Take
a moment to imagine yourself an outsider and visitor to a new culture.
Imagine if you will an annual global celebration so
fantastic that people excitedly await it all year long. Imagine the
celebration correlates the winter solstice. Imagine the celebration is
so spectacular and grandiose that it spurs the sales of products
worldwide and some businesses exist solely because of it. Imagine that
nearly all businesses profit from it and promote it. Imagine that the
main part of the celebration, for most people, aside from sparkling
decorations and elaborate gift giving, is openly lying to young
children!
Most everyone celebrates
the holiday, but those who do not celebrate it are expected to go along
with the tradition of broadly lying to children and accepting the
excessive materialism out of consideration for cultural tradition.
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