Personally, I've always felt the entire myth of 'Santa Claus' is bullshit.
An omniscient judgemental fat man is watching you sleep and judging your every move? What kind of totalitarian shit is that?
Nevermind the expectation it sets up in children who come from different backgrounds. The man hands out secondhand dolls and boardgames with pieces missing to poor children, and rich children get new game consoles and purebred puppies, and what-
What, exactly, is the takeaway from that? 'So sorry, little Kenji, but Sachiko got a new bicycle and the new Gamedude you asked Santa for, but this year you get socks. I guess you just weren't good enough!'
At the very least, I can appreciate this more historic pagan roots of winter holidays, which tended more towards the celebration of the survival of another year, and preparation for the long winter.
The really traditional 'spirit of the season', it turns out, is surviving and finding happiness at the darkest and harshest time of the year out of sheer spite.
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An omniscient judgemental fat man is watching you sleep and judging your every move? What kind of totalitarian shit is that?
Nevermind the expectation it sets up in children who come from different backgrounds. The man hands out secondhand dolls and boardgames with pieces missing to poor children, and rich children get new game consoles and purebred puppies, and what-
What, exactly, is the takeaway from that? 'So sorry, little Kenji, but Sachiko got a new bicycle and the new Gamedude you asked Santa for, but this year you get socks. I guess you just weren't good enough!'
At the very least, I can appreciate this more historic pagan roots of winter holidays, which tended more towards the celebration of the survival of another year, and preparation for the long winter.
The really traditional 'spirit of the season', it turns out, is surviving and finding happiness at the darkest and harshest time of the year out of sheer spite.