bobby traps

i found out there was no santa claus b/c my dad finally stopped humoring me. for a number of years, i set up booby traps around the fireplace and tree (trip wires). he would cut the trip wires. each christmas morning; i would run downstairs and to my delight; find the trip wires broken. this would build the case that there was, infact, a santa claus. he stopped doing it one year- and i that's how i found out there was no santa claus.