playful Scrooging

[anotheranon]

Am I a total killjoy that I find this (found over at Pharyngula) rather amusing?

'Cos when I think about it, it does seem a bit weird/excessive to invent a jolly, gift-bearing man in red when all the Christmas decorations, gifts, etc. are going to be equally fun whether they come from Santa or Mom and Dad.

I mean, why not tell kids that Wonder Woman is bringing gifts to all the good boys and girls? At least it would render moot the thing about not letting kids find out that Santa isn't real.

I actually don't remember when I figured out that Santa=parents, but I don't remember being particularly traumatized or upset by it.

When/how did you find out about Santa (if you come from that background)?

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I really don't remember figuring it out. I DO remember when I was about 5 or so I was up every hour, on the hour on Christmas eve even imagined hearing footsteps on my grandparents' roof (I was likely so exhausted I was hearing things)!

Some of the comments at Pharyngula (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/the_reason_for_the_season.php) mention that figuring out Santa also set them on the road to atheism, so you're definitely not alone on that...

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Actually I'd say my atheism came first, but just not consciously ... one went through the motions of church and prayer because it was what was done, but I know that at a very early age (definitely well before I was 5) there was much about about the whole religion thing that simply didn't "track" for me; there was, at least, some sort of tangible proof of Santa in the form of loot ... ;-)