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Santa Claus Isn T Coming To Town Analysis
Believing in Honesty
They say honesty is the best policy. But when it comes to Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, are we being dishonest with our children or just telling those stories. In the essays, “Santa Claus Isn’t Coming to Town” written by Allison and “Truth and the Santa Claus Moment,” written by Corey Harbaugh, the writers discuss the values of honesty and the moments we choose to believe in. Allison believed in honesty. In her essay, she talks about how she was always a skeptical child and never truly believed in mythical creatures. However, there was always that little flicker of hope saying there was a jolly old man to bring her all those presents and the stories were true. After her talk with her parents
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