FAITH IN “SANTA”
TEST OF CHILDISH BELIEF. Psychiatric tests; in which Americans have intense faith, have at last been applied to Santa Claus —or, rather, to the attitude of children toward him. The National Kindergarten at Evanston announces results showing that all five-year-olds cherish a positive conviction of the actual existence of Santa Claus. The six-year-olds voted 16 to 1 in favour, but /as the subject was presented to children of riper years the number of Santa’s devotees dwindled to vanishing point. The conclusion of those who conducted the test is that any child of ten who believes in the Santa Claus of red cheeks and long whiskers should be taken to see a psychiatrist. The results showed that the children of the poor hold much more definite ideas about Santa than those pf the rich.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1928, Page 8
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136FAITH IN “SANTA” Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1928, Page 8
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