I think it was Christopher Hitchens who highlighted that there wasn’t a word for not believing in Father Christmas. Unlike calling oneself an atheist which is an unbeliever in a god and presupposes that there may be a god but that one just doesn’t believe in him/her -i.e. it makes no sense to say that one doesn’t believe in something that doesn’t exist- there isn't an equivalent word re Santa.
I think this is an important observation because obviously Father Christmas exists and anybody who says he doesn’t is going to burn in hell for all eternity, especially anyone who says so before next Saturday.
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