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Podcast - EP34: Reimagining Santa Claus

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Want to listen to a conversation with real holiday spirit? Thalia Goldstein, an associate professor of applied developmental psychology, tells Mason President Gregory Washington about how kids benefit socially and emotionally from finding out Santa Claus isn鈥檛 real. As for finding out herself as a child that Santa isn鈥檛 real, Goldstein, whose research focuses on the effects of pretend play and theater on children鈥檚 social and emotional skills, says she鈥檚 still disappointed.