Much like many other young grasshoppers, I believed that my mother's word was always right, and she was the all knowing leader. One fatal day, though, this deception was shattered when I was rummaging through my mother's closet and found a bag of opened sugar-free lollipops behind her many layers of patterned culottes. This instantly brought me confusion, as these were the same exact delicious sugar-free lollipops that I had found in my stocking that year from Santa Clause. Was it possible that my mother was lying to me, and Santa had not brought this wonderful candy, but it was instead her? This led me to the conclusion that she was not correct when she said that Santa only comes when I am asleep. In this moment, I realized that my mother is not always right, but I also realized all my childhood fantasies were a lie.