playful Scrooging
Dec. 11th, 2007 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonAm 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)?
'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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Re: Santa
Date: 2007-12-12 10:40 pm (UTC)That does indeed make sense.
And I've got no problems with beliefs that one freely chooses. It's mindless or coerced belief systems that give me serious pause.