The santa claus myth | Christmas Ecard | WRONGCARDS

Christmas Ecard with text: Santa makes all us comfortable with being lied to by authority figures. He teaches us that gullibility is more likely to be rewarded than skepticism. — about this card: the santa claus myth | Long-standing argument with my 6-year-old; she thinks Santa is real and I disagree. She thinks I’m needlessly skeptical. Interestingly, at this point I haven’t bought a single Christmas present this year. I mean, there’s still time for me to win this argument.

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Christmas Ecard with text: In the United States, twelve million adults believe the world is secretly controlled by lizard people. But go ahead, teach impressionable children that Sant Claus is real. What could possibly go wrong? (Picture of a lizard man in a Santa Hat.)

Christmas Ecard with text: santa knew who was naughty and nice. he knew too much. he had to die. sorry.

Happy Hannukah Ecard with text: merry hanukkah. may the Jewish santa bring you lots of amazing stuff! woot!

Christmas Ecard with text: Christmas. That time of year when we let an old, bearded man into our homes and stockings.

Excuses Ecard with text: I regret that I cannot come over, but I must spend the evening attending to the needy and applying compresses to the fevered brows of sick orphans.

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