IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN…: Jim Henley comments on my Santa-bashing posts from a couple years ago. He says Santa is, indeed, training in “skepticism” a.k.a. dissing God, but that the whole Santa thing is helping him see that kids all develop at their own pace. Also a nice note on Santa and taking joy in your kids’ joy. The only thing I’d say to that second post is that from the kid’s perspective it does look different: If my parents got me gifts, I want to be grateful to them, and happy in part because they did something for me, not grateful to some random reindeer-commando I’ll never meet or hug.