"Ho Ho Ho"

Note: The author of this editorial would like to alert readers that this is for parents only. It should not be read by or to little ones.

My mind was made up. Being a mature second grader, I decided that I no longer believed in Santa Claus. The conversations amongst my classmates in the cafeteria had swayed me and I had finally given in to rational thought. There was simply no way Santa Claus could be both at J.C. Penney’s AND Mason’s department store at the same time!

There would be no more cookies and milk left on the kitchen table for future Christmas Eves, I reasoned with my mothe...