Wow, I'm glad people responded to this
I guess it's all just a matter of perception on if it's a lie or not. Hmm, I was told from the beginning that he wasn't real, then again, we didn't celebrate Christmas.
Though I knew there wasn't a Santa Claus, whenever Christmas would roll around, you could almost feel that magical wonderment of belief floating in the air.
That to me was always the coolest thing about it.
And then again, you could always tell your kids that Saint Nick was a real person and did drop gold coins down people's chimneys. That actually happened and where the fairytale began.
So, it started from a good deed to a global tradition.
Not too shabby.