(June 25, 2013 at 10:04 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: I dont think I would enjoy taking part in some faked nonsence created in order to keep up a delusion which deceives someone.
It's certainly faked, but I don't have enough information to label it as nonsense, I think. It is, after all, a tradition. Even though the tradition has religious origins, it's definitely a secular hoax. Religion and all else aside, the fact remains that it is indeed a hoax, and it's an elaborate one to pull the wool over the eyes of unsuspecting kids. Though the kids will eventually learn the truth and might even feel good about themselves for figuring it out, they may start wondering what else their parents are lying about.
I certainly did.
