25/12/2015 7:44 PM AEDT | Updated 15/07/2016 12:51 PM AEST

How Bad Can 'The Santa Talk' Go With Your Kids?

THE TALK (2015) from Joe Otting on Vimeo.

Well this conversation certainly spirals out of control.

When a parent finally tells their child Santa isn't real, how many worms does the can let out?

In the best of times when a lie is revealed to us we can react badly. But Santa, that ones pretty big. Most of us remember just when that awful news was revealed to us.

In this short film, The Talk, an initially well meaning father breaks the news to his little girl.

In a moment their relationship goes from father and child to something more like adult to adult.

Because once the heartbreak settles for the little girl, she has a few truths she wants her father to know.

The film was directed by Joe Otting and you can see more from him over here.
