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"It means whatever you want it to mean..."
Which is to say: it means nuthin'.
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"truth is in the eye of the beholder"
If 'truth' is what is 'in accord with fact or reality', then -- no -- it is not in the eye of the beholder.
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"the idea of Santa Claus is alive and well"
HA!
No, the fiction of Santa Claus (entertaining and sometimes useful) is promulgated as tradition and convention.
*Santa Claus, the eternal gift giver who owns flying deer and delvers presents to the world in a single night, is not alive, is not well, is not real.
Believing in a fiction can be great...it can get one through a sea of crap...it can make a dark night pass more easily...in the end, though, the fiction is still fiction.
*shrug*
*when a seven year old believes in Santa, this can be charming and sweet...it can also be a useful tool to help the kid bridge between fiction and reality...
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