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'''Basic Trope''': It's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane uncertain]] as to whether or not SantaClaus is real.
* '''Straight''': An old man who resembles Santa gives little Alice a teddy bear and says, "Ho ho ho!". She believes that was Santa, while her brother Bob thinks he was just some random GoodSamaritan. We never find out who is right.
* '''Exaggerated''': The evidence is all over the place -- On the one hand, the old man gave Alice a teddy bear and said, "Ho ho ho!", the local MallSanta sometimes seems to be using magic (but it's portrayed in a way that leaves it ambiguous as to whether it really ''is'' magic), and reindeer hoofprints are seen in the snow. On the other hand, Alice and Bob's father Charles owns a Santa suit, their mother Diane [[GoodWithNumbers supposedly disproves Santa's existence with an equation]], and the handwriting on the letters from Santa looks like Charles's writing.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The old man's identity is never revealed, but Charles did mention his uncle Eric visiting, so he was probably just Eric.
** There was a reindeer nearby, meaning that the old man was probably Santa, but the reindeer never flies, so it's still technically ambiguous.
* '''Justified''':
* '''Inverted''': There are glowing eyes under Alice's bed that could belong to [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the Boogeyman]], but it could also have been a cat.
* '''Subverted''':
** An old man gives Alice a teddy bear and says, "Ho ho ho!". Charles arrives and says, "Oh, you've met your Great-Uncle Eric?"
** An old man gives Alice a teddy bear and says, "Ho ho ho!". She and Bob wonder if he was Santa... until he climbs into a sleigh and flies off, proving he is.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But then a ''second'' old man walks by in the background and also says, "Ho ho ho!".
** Then, the sleigh crashes, revealing that it had a jet engine, leaving the question -- does Santa's sleigh have a jet engine, or was that guy a ConMan?
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''':
** Santa is seen clearly from the get-go.
** Santa is explicitly stated to not be real.
* '''Enforced''': "If we show Santa, people would complain about the [[HowUnscientific sudden unrealism]], but if we disprove him, it'd make the kiddies cry. Better leave it ambiguous."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait-- was that guy Santa or was he not?!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice stays up late to catch either Santa or her parents in the act, proving if he's real or not.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': "Did Santa really appear in that ChristmasEpisode or not?"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The mystery of whether the old man is really Santa is treated like an unsolved case.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice [[DeathOfAChild dies]] of a [[LittlestCancerPatient fatal disease]] and it's left unclear whether she saw Santa or if he was a dying hallucination.
* '''Played for Horror''': The old man was surely supernatural, but he may have been Santa, but may have been a demon.
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* '''Straight''': An old man who resembles Santa gives little Alice a teddy bear and says, "Ho ho ho!". She believes that was Santa, while her brother Bob thinks he was just some random GoodSamaritan. We never find out who is right.
* '''Exaggerated''': The evidence is all over the place -- On the one hand, the old man gave Alice a teddy bear and said, "Ho ho ho!", the local MallSanta sometimes seems to be using magic (but it's portrayed in a way that leaves it ambiguous as to whether it really ''is'' magic), and reindeer hoofprints are seen in the snow. On the other hand, Alice and Bob's father Charles owns a Santa suit, their mother Diane [[GoodWithNumbers supposedly disproves Santa's existence with an equation]], and the handwriting on the letters from Santa looks like Charles's writing.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The old man's identity is never revealed, but Charles did mention his uncle Eric visiting, so he was probably just Eric.
** There was a reindeer nearby, meaning that the old man was probably Santa, but the reindeer never flies, so it's still technically ambiguous.
* '''Justified''':
* '''Inverted''': There are glowing eyes under Alice's bed that could belong to [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the Boogeyman]], but it could also have been a cat.
* '''Subverted''':
** An old man gives Alice a teddy bear and says, "Ho ho ho!". Charles arrives and says, "Oh, you've met your Great-Uncle Eric?"
** An old man gives Alice a teddy bear and says, "Ho ho ho!". She and Bob wonder if he was Santa... until he climbs into a sleigh and flies off, proving he is.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But then a ''second'' old man walks by in the background and also says, "Ho ho ho!".
** Then, the sleigh crashes, revealing that it had a jet engine, leaving the question -- does Santa's sleigh have a jet engine, or was that guy a ConMan?
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''':
** Santa is seen clearly from the get-go.
** Santa is explicitly stated to not be real.
* '''Enforced''': "If we show Santa, people would complain about the [[HowUnscientific sudden unrealism]], but if we disprove him, it'd make the kiddies cry. Better leave it ambiguous."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait-- was that guy Santa or was he not?!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice stays up late to catch either Santa or her parents in the act, proving if he's real or not.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': "Did Santa really appear in that ChristmasEpisode or not?"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': The mystery of whether the old man is really Santa is treated like an unsolved case.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice [[DeathOfAChild dies]] of a [[LittlestCancerPatient fatal disease]] and it's left unclear whether she saw Santa or if he was a dying hallucination.
* '''Played for Horror''': The old man was surely supernatural, but he may have been Santa, but may have been a demon.
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