I hate Santa. I mean I REALLY hate Santa.
As a Christian Santa stands for so many things that I am against.
- Santa is racist. Does he visit kids of all cultures in all countries in the world?
- Santa discriminates. Some kids get lots of presents and some kids get none. Some kids don't even know of the existence of Santa!
- Santa requires us to lie to our kids. He doesn't really come down the chimney or drive a sleigh but we convince our kids that he does.
- Santa has unrealistic standards. He judges based on whether we have been good or bad. And parents use these standards to manipulate and bribe their kids into behaving.
- Santa encourages consumerism. He even suggests we make up a list of the things we want.
- Santa doesn't buy any of the presents himself...parents have been co-opted into his evil plan.
- Santa is a clever marketing device popularised by Coca Cola's man in the red suit.
- Santa steals the glory that rightly belongs to Jesus. In the end this is the thing I hate the most. The God of the universe sent his only Son to be born in a stable and to die on a cross so we do not have to face God's judgement. And yet we teach our children the lie about a man in a red suit as being more important.
There is more to Christmas than a fat man in a red suit.
Image: flickr creative commons: Santa with Coke Uploaded on December 29, 2006 by sandrino
4 comments:
I know it's a bit off tack but the idea of Thanksgiving appeals to me more, even though it has it's own history that is quite different to why I would want to swap it for Christmas. I hate the focus on what you want rather than what you can give and the rampant consumerism that goes with it.
Yes, I agree.
I know nothing about Thanksgiving but I would like to know more.
Even the name is appealing.
Did you get the chicks????
We celebrated Thanksgiving this year with a couple of other families. Trying to start a family tradition that has nothing to do with presents or chocolate.
I hate Santa too. We are a Santa free household.
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