"I still remember how people have tried real hard to make me believe that Santa Claus exists. And when they have finally brainwashed my innocent mind, just right when I was already becoming happy — the I-don't-care-about-your-lies kind of happy, that's also the time I heard the phrases, "Santa is not real" and "He's never coming back this Christmas", being said one after the other.
But then I realized, he never even came for me in the first place. Because he isn't real. Santa is not real.
Sometimes, you make me feel like you are those people who deceived me, while your love for me is their Santa. And I am the same, stupid, small boy who, despite all these, still finds his own reasons to believe."
-Patrick De Guzman
Illustrated by Bernadette ANillo
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