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Santa! Yikes!
| December 21st, 2012 at 11:32:26 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | Not too many toddlers can take Santa. And why would they? A scarey, boogerish-looking fellow after all. Sometimes I think Santa is 99% for the parents. Boy do new ones want to do the Santa thing *bigtime*, from my observations ... is it even healthy? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323501404578163521278802516.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_PhotosModule_1#slide/1 I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| December 21st, 2012 at 12:04:55 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |  from The New Yorker You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| December 21st, 2012 at 1:08:16 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Are you sure? it's both funny and intelligible. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| December 21st, 2012 at 2:38:19 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | I really don't like the whole Santa thing. I think I might write a pastoral letter to my parishioners next year about trying to break the whole Santa Claus craziness. It hurts Christmas and I can't see how it is healthy for young kids. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
| December 21st, 2012 at 3:00:14 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | The Pope started having a Christmas tree in 1982. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Christmas_Tree Guess, you know who, doesn't show up with presents. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| December 21st, 2012 at 3:35:31 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | At that, Santa is less of a distraction than Jesus to the base idea behind the festival of Sol Invictus. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| December 21st, 2012 at 4:46:10 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 |
beware of being the Grinch who stole Christmas in their eyes, is all ... I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| December 21st, 2012 at 5:44:38 PM permalink | |
| AcesAndEights Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 6 Posts: 351 | I have two sisters with young kids. One of them decided not to lie to their son about Santa and tell it like it is, but to be sure that he was respectful of the fantasy with his friends/classmates so he wasn't ruining it for them. Personally I like that approach...my other sister has 3 little girls and they went the traditional route. The girls are 4, 7, and 10, so pretty soon it'll be over for all of them. My family "did" the Santa Claus thing, leaving out milk & cookies, presents from "Santa" under the tree etc. The thing is I don't even remember when I figured it out, so clearly I wasn't crushed. We were strongly religious too, but they didn't have a problem integrating the "true" meaning of Christmas with the Santa myth. "You think I'm joking." -EvenBob |
| December 21st, 2012 at 5:45:27 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 | When I was a kid an uncle dressed as Santa and visited my sister (my borther and I knew by then) in a sort of pre-Christmas check-in. Best part--the dog almost bit him! Imagine, no matter how good you would be from then on in you have to wonder if he will show up Christmas Eve. The President is a fink. |