Santa Claus alone is not enough for a happy Christmas Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Hamleys
He鈥檚 making a list, he鈥檚 checking it twice, but Santa鈥檚 festive surveillance seemingly does nothing to improve children鈥檚 behaviour. Instead, it may be that wider Christmas rituals, like putting up a tree and going carolling, can prompt children to be a bit nicer 鈥 a finding that may help us better understand how religion influences behaviour.
鈥淭he question was, does belief in Santa Claus influence how children behave?鈥 says at Durham University in the UK. 鈥淒oes this belief,…
