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Friday, December 22, 2006 12:00 AM

My 13-year-old still believes in Santa Claus

Should I tell her -- to save her from the derision of her friends, if nothing else?
By Cary Tennis

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  • Thursday, December 21, 2006 09:02 PM

    This reminds me of a Cloris Leachman line on the sitcom PHYLLIS

    "When I was six years old Daddy told me there was no Santa Claus. For nine months I prayed to God for Daddy to be wrong! Then he told me there was no God."

    —Alec Elixir Read Alec Elixir's other letters

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