Ho-ho-no! Children in tears after vicar tells them Santa is not real

Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain apologises for talk at Hampshire school after angry parents say he ‘ruined Christmas’

Telling young children whether Santa is or is not real is a parental ritual usually handled with painstaking care.

For students at a primary school in Hampshire, however, their childhood wonder was torn to shreds after a vicar told pupils the bearded gift-bearer was invented.

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Ho-ho-no! Children in tears after vicar tells them Santa is not real

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