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This tradition was confirmed in two important scientific investigations of the relics in Bari and Venice, which revealed that the relics in the two Italian cities belong to the same skeleton. ~2025-32316-49 (talk) 12:45, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Santa Claus#Representation to children talks about parents lying to their children. I imagine that's both accurate and upsetting to parents who had never thought of their actions in that way before.
The internet tells me that a parent wrote this:
"Me before kids: I'll never lie to my kids."
"Me after kids: I just got off the phone with Gabby from Gabby's Dollhouse and Marshall from Paw Patrol and they both said if you don't get you shoes on and coat on then they'll tell Santa not to stop by."
Sometimes quotations are phrased in a more biased way. Also, if there are a lot of experts who say something, it's not necessarily good to quote just one of them, because that can make it seem like they're the only person in the world who holds that view. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Sorry, Sportsfangnome, but just as in your last nomination, none of the articles is eligible because none of them has been recently created or expanded 5x or promoted to Good Article. Please, please, please read WP:DYK, especially the section on eligibility criteria, before submitting any more nominations. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 14:11, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
The redirect Santaism has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 18 § Santaism until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:32, 18 October 2025 (UTC)