5.     When people tell their kids there’s no Santa Claus. I mean when they don’t even give the child the chance to deduce for themselves that maybe it’s not possible for one man to hit up every home in the world in one night, carrying one bag that’s supposed to fit a gift for each of the 2.2 billion children on earth before they turn seven. In the words of Tim Allen, “You don’t want kids running around using their imaginations.”