Is Santa real?

Regarding the question, Is Santa real. my answer is - who cares? What I care about is the problem of supposedly smart and educated people who worry over telling their children the truth or 'lie' that Santa is not real. How can intelligent (smart) people be so stupid?  Fantasy or fairy tales present no problem to children who can understand the difference between allegory and truth. Santa is a fiction to bring presents and cheer at Christmas time. It makes for fun. So how can an elite person or newspaper talk or print such nonsense? Who is really woke nowadays?