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Lucy Wigley

"Misguided at best and manipulative at worst" - is it time we shelved Santa’s ‘naughty and nice list’ threat?

Santa Claus looking at a naughty and nice list.

Santa's 'naughty and nice' list has been used for generations as a strategy to get children to behave, but it might be time to leave that trick behind. 

A lot of adults might remember hearing, as kids, how Santa Claus struck them from his nice list. This was usually followed with threats of no presents if they stayed on his naughty list, in a bid to change behaviour. Many parents hand out these threats in the same way they dole out Quality Street sweets. 

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