Hoax

“Dad, is Santa real?”

“Of course, he is son. Think how many people would have to be in on it.”

– Internet Meme

I find this quite funny. But the alarming part isn’t the amount of people that buy in and breathe life into the holiday. Every concept follows the same process.

What worries me is the distinction of fact and fiction. We are entitled to our own opinions but not our own facts. And if a holiday that starts out as a fun time with family and friends turns into tears—it goes to show how powerful these ideas can have over us.

It’s obviously not just the holidays I am talking about either.