A social worker has urged parents not to tell their children the iPads and other expensive gifts they unwrap on Christmas Day were delivered by Santa.
A Facebook post shared on a group for social workers from a previous Christmas has resurfaced and gone viral as it warned of the damaging effect lavish gifts from Father Christmas can have on other children.
The post, which has now been shared almost 600,000 times, reads: "I cannot stress this enough. Stop telling your Santa age kids that their iPads, iPhones and 200 dollar toys are from Santa. "Cause some families can't afford that.
Little kids wonder why they got socks or a coat or hand me down toys from Santa and other kids got an iPad. "This is the second year I've had a parent cry to
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