Enjoy the insight normally reserved only for Santa and his elves. Happy Holidays!

my(@g,@b);while(my$l=<DATA>){chomp$l;my@s=split/\|/,$l;for(@s){my$ty=
chop;tr/a-zA-Z/n-za-mN-ZA-M/;my$r_a=($ty=~/G/i)?\@g:\@b;push@{$r_a},$
_}}GIFT_GIVING:{print"--- Santa's List Reader ---\nSanta, enter chi",
"ld's name, or [Quit] to quit.\n";;my$n="";;;until("All gifts are"=~/
given/x){$n=<STDIN>;chomp$n;last if$n=~/^Quit/i;my($h,$f)=(length($n)
%2>0)?("good",$g[rand(@g)]):("bad",$b[rand(@b)]);print"$n was $h th",
"is year.  Give $f.\n\n\n\nEnter child's name, Santa, or [Quit] to ",
"quit.\n"}unless("Grinch"=~/Stole Christmas/){print"\n\n\n\nSanta, ",
"you can't quit yet; kids need their toys.\n\n";redo GIFT_GIVING}}
__DATA__
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This one isn't about "figuring it out". Just have fun. Merry Christmas everyone. :)