# Cecil cant and wont confirm nor deny "is there a santa claus ?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 24, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651 "2018-12-24T21:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/1 "2018-12-24T21:52:32Z")
> **[Is there a Santa Claus?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1370/is-there-a-santa-claus/)** I commend Cecil on the greatest " I can neither confirm or deny if there’s a Santa Claus and I wont either" column I’ve ever seen he could of been a great politician with the skill and talent used there ……. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/2 "2018-12-24T23:42:17Z")
Man, I love Cecil. I think he believes. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/3 "2018-12-24T23:57:12Z")
Cecil and Santa Claus have never been photographed together. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/4 "2018-12-25T00:36:08Z")
Ho–ly crap!! Now there’s the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/5 "2018-12-25T01:38:33Z")
Now, if Cecil would only address the _“flying reindeer on a treadmill”_ question. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/6 "2018-12-25T01:54:06Z")
I need answers about a certain elf on a shelf. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/7 "2018-12-25T04:15:17Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Now, if Cecil would only address the “flying reindeer on a treadmill” question. I’m waiting for advice on whether to switch stockings after Santa shows me the one full of coal. ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/8 "2018-12-25T06:36:14Z")
Those who know can’t say. Those who say don’t know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/9 "2018-12-25T06:44:42Z")
Oh, hi SantaMan. I guess you can’t say.😉 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/11 "2018-12-25T06:59:41Z")
reported for spam……… ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/12 "2018-12-25T07:32:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, hi SantaMan. I guess you can’t say.😉 I can neither confirm nor deny 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/13 "2018-12-25T08:08:26Z")
You get my list? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-cant-and-wont-confirm-nor-deny-is-there-a-santa-claus/826651/14 "2018-12-25T13:40:48Z")
It’s Schrödinger’s Santa Claus. He both exists and doesn’t exist. You won’t know until you open the present.