What's My Line? Prompt for December

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Ah December.  Christmas lights, warm and generous thoughts of the season... Handsome UNCLE agents and nefarious THRUSH villains.  What's going on when someone says...
I don't believe in Santa Claus

Whether it's whimsy or fantasy, or just someone being a Scrooge, write your story and post it on one of the remaining Thursday/Fridays of December.  As usual, gen and at least 500 words.

Comments

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

Is it supposed to be a good thing to make children believe in Santa Claus? Your prompt seems to imply it.

Personal memory: I was taken to a kindergarten at four. It was Xmas time. I clearly remember the first sentence I said to my "mates" while entering the classroom: "Santa Claus (in French: Pere Noel) doesn't exist; parents use to lie to children". Nobody had suggested this to me, quite the opposite. I had just thought the whole story shockingly absurd. I wish all children would react that way. I still feel the anger.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I have pleasant memories of a Santa Claus Christmas, but it was always balanced by the celebration of the birth of the Christ child.
It is impossible to know how a child will respond to the fantasy of Santa Claus, obviously for you it was unhappy, so I'm sorry for that lingering memory.
As for the prompt, it is whatever one wants it to be, although the prevailing thought is that to not engage in the fantasy is somehow less festive.
I'm not saying it's one or the other, but I hope you'll considering writing a story from your point of view.