The Santa Claus Myth is Beneficial (On Balance)

Ah, it's the final round! Bsh1 manages to swing a gigantic hammer across and completely obliterate my Wall of Honesty. In fact, he even parachutes some secret agents to sneak in and attack my grand castle. Now, my opponent makes a good case for why it is okay to lie if that benefits go over the harms. However, does the SC myth really convey moral lessons? Do these morals out beat the negative effects of the Santa Claus myth? I'll let the voters decide over what I had previously said, and will say in this round, and judge this argument based on the rest of my arguments. 2. Trouble for parentsMy big point here is that parents will have trouble and problem telling the kids that it's a myth, especially if they believe it is true, it is magic, and Santa is awesome. The parents might be better off avoiding telling the Santa Claus myth and instead just teach a moral lesson in a different story.3. Bad effects on childrenYes, my source rebuts some of my contentions, but it suggests the SC myth as a symptom of these psychological effects at the very least.4. Doubts in beliefThe big problem here is that if a children takes religion seriously, they will be shocked to hear that a similar figure to their Jesus or God does not really exist, and start to lose hope in their "universal creator".5. BribesThe notable important difference is that in one scenario you're telling a false story to get children to act good, and to cover up the story you give them gifts, giving the illusion that the children really weren't loved by you; only their good actions got the gifts. On the other hand if you don't mention that good behavior=gifts, when you give them gifts the children will feel like you really love them. The love inadvertently leads to acting good, and therefore you do not have to tell a false story and try to talk about how "Santa will give you gifts if your behavior is good" in order to both get love and good behavior.In other words,with Santa myth:-False story, whether before or after the lie, the children doesn't feel like you love him-Even if he has good behavior before he notices it is a lie, there is nothing that guarantees he won't be naughty from then on... "It's not like Santa's gonna go buy coal and put it into my gift box!"Without Santa myth-Children may act kind of bad, but will feel guilty when you give him gifts-These gifts show your love to the children-Your children trusts you and tries to act better so you'll "love him more" and give him more gifts!Due to how children separate love from like (The natural parenting love, verses just "liking" of the good behavior) because of their simple mind an inability to grasp the complex relationship between the love and liking, the difference will be crucial, and they feel more loved and better off without the Santa Claus myth.6. Love vs Santa"We can't parents give both?"I see you are speechless, Bsh1. You can't even talk right. We can not parents give both? What?? You mean "why", right? Well, too late for that. Deduct spelling and grammar points from him, please, judges, if you will.Anyhow, the big obstacle between parents' love and Santa is that once the children realize you've told them a lie, it will be hard for them to trust you again. And now, it's time for...IR-REFUTED ARGUMENTS-The SC myth does not accurately portray St. Nicolas and as such is not in his honor. It is immoral for a holiday to be named after someone yet completely irrelevant to him and in fact a bad role model in comparison to him. (In other words, my force-field is undamaged by the massive hammer.)-The industry may earn money, but it also spends a ton of money on tree farming. And thus leading to less environmental biodiversity and less space for wild life.-Parents still spend a lot of trouble covering up the Santa myth and/or gaining back the trust they lose, and as a result love and Santa cannot exactly go together in this case-The children will still have many doubts in their belief and lose hope in their God-Because of the way children think, they will feel better off without the Santa Claus myth-The myth does not increase children's imagination skills....you're just giving them the same facts and stories. Again, as I stated within round two, "If Santa Claus really enhanced imagination, then most children should be thinking about a different Santa....but this is not the case!" (Or something similar to that)-And many many more arguments from all the rounds above.... read carefully, judges.CONCLUSION-It was very very very tough battling this out with the mighty powerful Bsh1. I think my original bet was correct, he will win, even while I tried my hardest in this debate, and I'm pretty sure he will win the WODC. I don't know why I took back that money, but I can't put it back any more, so I guess I'm just gonna earn interest from the remaining...however much remains. -I stretched out far and wide to every corner possible to cover my arguments, from psychology, to environmental, to economical, to philosophical....and even semantic! (Again, please deduct S & G point from Bsh1, voters, unless I somehow made more errors than Bsh1)I thank my opponent for this wonderful debate, and I'll be going off the site until further notice for studious reasons. Email me (or prank mail me, if you really miss me that much and want me to come back :P) at gugigor at live dot com, if I magically somehow manage to even tie against Bsh1. Goodbye for now; I'll see you in break time! (Or when I tie/something better than tie with Bsh1 within this debate!) :D