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Podcast: Texas Standard » Stories from Texas
Episode: The Modern Tall Tales Texans Tell Kids
Description: We Texans have long had a reputation for tall tales, for stretching the truth in entertaining ways. I wondered to what extent this cultural DNA has survived. So I asked this question of Texans on Facebook: What is the most outrageous white lie you ever told your kids? I got several hundred responses and chose these as the best among them.
Cynthia told her kids: “Oh. The smoke detector is a Santa camcorder. How do ya think Santa knows if you are naughty or nice?”
Jim said that his uncle taught them that windmills were cow...