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Santa Claus is a real living person.

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REFUTED
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0 sources for · 8 against

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Is it true that Santa Claus is a real living person?

No. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources describe Santa Claus as a fictional or mythic figure whom children are told is real, and one textbook explicitly poses 'Santa Claus is a real, living person' as a claim to be examined rather than affirmed.

Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 8 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 8
Santa Claus
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Santa Claus. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus

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The Santa Claus Deception: The Ethics of Educator Involvement
2020
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Jeff, S. (2020). The Santa Claus Deception: The Ethics of Educator Involvement. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477878520947042

Children’s belief in Santa Claus and Moral behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas
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Children’s belief in Santa Claus and Moral behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100188

Pseudoscience and the paranormal : a critical examination of the evidence
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Terence, H. (n.d.). Pseudoscience and the paranormal : a critical examination of the evidence. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/pseudosciencepar00hine

Analyzing moral issues
1999
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1942-, B. J. A. (1999). Analyzing moral issues. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/analyzingmoralis0000boss

Perspectives on ethics
2003
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Perspectives on ethics. (2003). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/perspectivesonet0000unse_j2q4

The child’s pantheon: Children’s hierarchical belief structure in real and non-real figures
2020
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Kapitány, R., Nelson, N., Burdett, E. R. R., & Goldstein, T. R. (2020). The child’s pantheon: Children’s hierarchical belief structure in real and non-real figures. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234142

Debunking the Santa Myth: The Process and Aftermath of Becoming Skeptical about Santa
2024
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Mills, C. M., Goldstein, T. R., Kanumuru, P., Monroe, A. J., & Quintero, N. B. (2024). Debunking the Santa Myth: The Process and Aftermath of Becoming Skeptical about Santa. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001662

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