Parents urged to keep on pretending for one more year

A psychologist says this year has been so truly awful that parents should try their hardest to keep the Santa charade going for their children for just one more year.

This year has often been referred to as a ‘dumpster fire’, but Chris Boyle from the University of Exeter describes it as a “Grinch”.

The best antidote? The magic of Santa.

“The challenges we have faced this year will surely live with many children over their lifetimes,” Dr Boyle wrote in journal The…