Considering that parent's and teacher's tell kid's all sort of things nowadays, I am not much surprised. Things being discussed nowadays between the younger generation, had no bearings on my upbringing, and what I was allowed to know.

Apparently the above, as been explained as a possible question and answer exercise, which the teacher addressed as he thought fit, honest and proper. And from that, its been blown out of all proportion.

Nope you can't have the teacher lying maybe he could have been a bit more diplomatic with the answer though.

"When you stop believing in Santa is when you start getting underwear for Christmas."

With fake Santas on every street corner, and adverts for toys clogging the TV, newspapers and magazines, I'd be astonished if any kid still believed in santa by the time they were school age

Our tribe probably worked it out for themselves and tried to keep it secret from us that they had known all along.