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Yes. (It probably comes from playing Ultima IV during my formative years.)
I do admit to being a "truth twister" though - I won't tell false statements, but I am willing to omit relevant information, imply false conclusions, or simply refuse to answer awkward questions. (And yes, I agree that there is a certain degree of hypocrisy involved in this practice, but it serves as a reasonable workaround for my inability to lie the way other people seemingly have no trouble doing.)
It seems to me that with a complicit surrounding culture, you could get the full "santa experience" without telling any explicit lies.
"Daddy, how does Santa do X?"
"Well, some people think Y -- do you think that's a good explanation?"
and then patiently wait for the day Y is rejected as nonsense.