the point though is that santa isnt real and the concept is part of and stems from the attitudes and actions of the parents that cause kids to be spoiled. the thing that is bothersome and troubling about the concept isnt the idea of believing in magic and giving gifts because of the love we feel for others without any expectation of return, which is the original idea of santa and a very good thing. the thing that is bad about santa, and i think what cody is talking about here, is that that wholesome, healthy concept has been replaced with pure materialism and the idea that objects and "stuff" is the most important thing in the world. it definitely is at christmas these days, and since we tell kids christmas is such a great and wonderful thing, we're sending a very bad message. so yeah it totally is the parents fault, not santas, but as santa is a concept taught BY parents, in fact created in their kids mind by society at large and then tempered and refined by parents, he's kinda part of the problem too.
i dunno, maybe im wrong, but i really dont like what christmas has become. i actually really hate the way the holiday is celebrated nowadays. everyone equates love with money and objects. bigger object, bigger money, bigger love. sfucked up. and most people try to act religious on this one day, so hypocritical. we've turned somethin badass into somethin crass and lacking any real empathy or love.
i found this on wikipedia: "Saint Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian figure of Santa Claus. He was a 4th century Christian bishop of Myra in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Anatolia, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes."
that's a little different than buying your kid an iphone and sticking a "from santa" sticker on it.
i dunno, maybe im wrong, but i really dont like what christmas has become. i actually really hate the way the holiday is celebrated nowadays. everyone equates love with money and objects. bigger object, bigger money, bigger love. sfucked up. and most people try to act religious on this one day, so hypocritical. we've turned somethin badass into somethin crass and lacking any real empathy or love.
i found this on wikipedia:
"Saint Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian figure of Santa Claus. He was a 4th century Christian bishop of Myra in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Anatolia, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes."
that's a little different than buying your kid an iphone and sticking a "from santa" sticker on it.
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