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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
nah, as a kid I could do whatever I wanted. my friends and I created a whole fantasy world called Dizzon, complete with a new language we created, system of government, social norms, etc. You had to a special dance sequence to enter. Looking back I'm astonished I was popular, I think my moves on the football field saved me from the crushing judgement most of my kin in nerdom experienced.
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thats cool, its really not my place to judge your childhood based on one statement. i actually did something similar myself, creating a whole fantasy world. anyways, my response was based on the idea that telling a kid there is no santa when the majority of his/her peers believe there is one just seems like a way to "adultify" the kid before his/her time. just my opinion. as for why so many adults lack imagination and wonder, some have thought its because the pineal gland has calcified by adulthood but who knows. studies have shown the brains of children/teenagers are basically programmed to push limits and such. i don't believe people are any less happy in adulthood because they believed in santa or whatever other myths as a kid. you are right in that i don't specifically remember santa being a big part of anything looking back but if i focus on it i can remember it being fun to leave a snack out for santa and the reindeer, trying to peek downstairs or camping out at the top of the stairs in hopes of hearing him and running down. i think somehow i really knew all that stuff wasn't from 'santa' but it didn't really matter. christmas was fun.