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[Rise of the Guardians] Why couldn't the Guardians just show themselves to the children?

So during the 2nd act of this magnificent film the heroes are trying to make Easter happen in order to make the kids believe, however Pitch Black foils this attempt and kids stop believing in the easter bunny (instantly) so Bunny in a final attempt at it, comes out of the bushes and offers them free eggs but by this point it's too late and the kids don't see him.

Why not do that earlier? If you see that this is a do or die situation, why not just come out? There doesn't seem to be a 'Guardian Rulebook' that tells you not to do that. In fact the literal last light and hope of the guardians was a child who believed because he physically watched them.

So what stops them?
gpt
Because the problem is not, strictly speaking, that the children don't believe in the *guardians-* after all, most children don't believe in the Easter Bunny anyway. The problem is they don't believe in the things the guardians *represent*\- hope, wonder, joy, etc. Pitch isn't just making people stop believing in Santa Claus early, he's making people not believe the world can be a good place.

That's what they need to deal with, and even if they went on national tv and held press conferences, it wouldn't change that problem. Hell, it might make it worse, putting the icons of childhood wonder as just another clout-seeking celebrity.

Simply, it doesn't matter how many people believe in Santa Claus. It matters how many people believe in Christmas, and that takes more then a talk show appearence.