Parents' criticism of SVT's Christmas calendar: The plot is there - it must never be questioned!

Traditionally, the Christmas calendar premiered in SVT on December 1st.

And, almost as traditionally, criticism has begun to be directed at the calendar. In previous years, the Christmas calendar has been accused of being too occult, too Scanian, too flimsy.

This year, several parents write on SVT's Facebook page that the calendar portrays the plot in a way that causes the children to start asking uncomfortable questions to their parents, and in the worst case: completely stop believing in the site's existence.

"Our children believe in the plot and now we sit here and worry about whether questions will be asked about this," writes one user.

"To say in the first section that the plot does not exist and that there are adults who dress up became too much for us," writes another user.

“We were shocked! Don't know if the kids will continue to see this actually, ”says a third.

The Christmas calendar is about the plot being real, but undergoing a life crisis. This is because fewer people believe in him, and that it becomes more common for parents to dress up for him.

But should parents in front of their children maintain that the plot is for real?

No, says Christopher Boyle, professor of psychology, and Dr. Kathy McKay, in a study published in respected The Lancet Psychiatry.

"All children will eventually find out that they have been lying to them for years, and this may make them wonder what other things they have been told that have also been lies," says Professor Boyle.

“If Santa does not exist, are there fairies? Is there magic? Are there gods? If the parents are capable of lying about something so special and magical, can they really be trusted as protectors of wisdom and truth? The moral of getting children to believe in these kinds of myths has to be called into question, ”the experts also write in the report.