I've never really thought about Santa Claus with a negative outlook. Seems that a few people may have overlooked some stuff. The guy is fat, bearded, old and has a taste for the theatrical. My main problem is that his profession is based on the behavior of children.
He clambers down each individual chimney for this purpose and his reasoning is equally shady. Is he rewarding the children for performing good deeds to him and others? Or is he enticing the children to perform said deeds on/for him?
Either way it doesn't work out too well for the children, pre deed or post deed are both uncomfortable positions. To confirm this suspicion Santa is now closely related to Christian celebrations and this connection has most likely tarnished his appearance in recent years, especially with the revealing of all the miscreant behaviour of the Catholic clergy.
Well with this revelation Santa has now topped the list for "Child Icons that have alterior motives" overtaking The Pied Piper of Hamlin.
3rd Jan 2011
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