When I found out that Santa Claus wasn't real, I wasn't upset; rather, I was relieved that there was a much simpler phenomenon to explain how so many children all over the world got presents on the same night! The story had been getting pretty complicated -- it was getting out of hand.
What Do You Care what Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character (ed. Bantam, 1989) - ISBN: 9780553347845