[cecilpl2]

Around that same age I also tested whether Santa was in fact secretly my parents. I decided that Mall Santa would be the only person I told that I really wanted an RC car for Christmas, and I steadfastly refused my parents' attempts to get me to tell them what I'd asked for.

Lo and behold, Santa got me the RC car I so desperately wanted, solidifying my belief in him for a couple more years.

Turns out the real lesson, which I was too young to grasp, is that at the RC car display at Costco a 6-year-old cannot contain his obvious excitement in order to run a properly blinded experiment.

[pkrotich]

I initially thought the mall Santa snitched.

Last Christmas I got my partner a gift I happened to come across while searching for gift ideas - turned out it’s exactly what she wanted! I was confused - but it turned out I got shown the product (ad) because she had looked at it previously - lesson is shared Wi-Fi can snitch on you!

[CoastalCoder]

Or she's really good at faking it so you don't feel bad :)

[n4bz0r]

Or really good at understanding how ad targeting works!