The speaker reflects on her parents' direct style of communication and how their efforts to stop her from doing things led to contrarian behavior; the idea of whether her parents actually lied to her remains unclear.
The hosts discuss the impact of childhood myths like Santa Claus and Easter Bunny and how they were not directly influenced by their parents, but by the zeitgeist. However, one host has a shocking revelation about Santa Claus.
Children conspire to keep their mother in the room with them on Christmas morning, only to discover there are no presents under the tree.