If you believed in Santa when you were little, then when you learned he wasn't real, did you feel like your parents had "lied" to you?

If you believed in Santa when you were little, then when you learned he wasn't real, did you feel like your parents had "lied" to you?
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I felt like they lied to me. I was watching the evening news when I was about 5 and saw the mall santa on TV getting dressed. I was devastated and I didn’t believe the “helper” bullshit my parents tried to feed me.
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