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We may not subscribe to the whole holiday magic thing, but this Christmas-related Facebook thread had us feeling all kinds of sappy. It's pretty well-known that kids have big hearts, and one mother of kindly youngsters turned to a Facebook thread to help her kids stop worrying about Santa's reindeers. The desperate mom asked a Veterinarian thread if they had info to quell her kids fears about the reindeers contracting laminitis from all the candy canes and sugar they assumed would be in their diet. Facebook users quickly banded together in creative ways to reassure the empathetic children that Santa's flyers would be just fine. The thread is a great reminder that regardless of religion or holiday spirit, people can be nice as hell.

Humans aren't perfect. We make mistakes. We goof. And sometimes our gullible natures get the best of us. Redditor u/Vinyl_BunBuns provided us with ample proof of this gullibility yesterday with an especially entertaining r/AskReddit thread. They asked followers of the page to share the absolute dumbest things people have believed. And while some of the examples are a testament to pranksters and impressionable child-minds, others are a wonderful reminder that kids (and adults) have absolutely incredible imaginations. 

Some things in the past were definitely not better than in modern times, and apparently Christmas cards are one of those things. 

Santa's dog Bud is given some extra responsibility in this Christmas edition of Behind the GIFs. 

Show these photos to your kids and you'll have no problem keeping them in bed on Christmas Eve. 

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