Childhood Lie

When I was a child, like every other person I was told that Santa Claus was real. Every Christmas my parents would take me to see Santa, and listen in to what I told him I wanted. Then come Christmas Eve night they would have me set out cookies and milk. On the morning of Christmas we would wake up early and open our presents, but every Christmas morning the cookies and milk were gone. There would also be presents under the tree labeled "from Santa," but all that was a childhood lie that parents tell their children. That has not affected my relationship with my parents as every parent does this. I can also say that they are not the only ones guilty of this as I now tell my little cousins and nephew the same thing.