@pezmico I didn't know how to articulate it at the time, but what I'd have wanted was an explanation of why they'd done it ("We pretend Santa exists because it's a fun story to tell" or something). They saw I was upset and were trying to reassure me that I'd still get presents, but i was too young to be able to explain why I was really upset and that it wasn't about the presents, that I'd suddenly discovered that the entire adult world was untrustworthy and had apparently all been