BUT WHERE IS THE SER- I mean, king of hearts?!
Regarding santa, in my family there was never the pretense that he existed, and gift-giving was a casual discussion topic when xmas was approaching. Neither have I ever understood people who string along their kids on that. They're sending a message that it is ok to lie just because. (On the flipside there's the message that when something sounds too good to be true, it is, and that you were a gullible fool.)