但是同时他也因为1945年在渥太华的家庭和学校协会宣称：任何相信圣诞老人存在的孩子都有能力思考圣诞老人是不存在的。

But he was also known for telling an Ottawa home-and-school association in 1945: "Any child who believes in Santa Claus has had his ability to think permanently destroyed."

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他是第一个告诉你世上不存在圣诞老人的人。

He's the one who probably would be the first to tell you there is no Santa Claus.

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对我来说，这却很重要；毕竟，如果没有孩子父母的同意，我绝不会告诉一个孩子，圣诞老人是不存在的，或者向他解释为什么我是一个无神论者。

To me, that would have been crucial; after all, I wouldn't tell a child there is no Santa Claus or why I am an atheist without a parent's permission.

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