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Why you shouldn't use Santa to threaten your kids at Christmas time

"If you don't stop that right now I will call Santa and tell him not to come!". It's a threat often yelled in the Colasimone house this time of year. 

It's not great parenting, admittedly. 

But let me list some excuses as to why we lapse into cheap (and empty) threats:

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