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The kids are the best!!  Santa is to teach "giving!" He is for the children. Its up to the individual parent to teach their own this! How could anyone be offended by Santa?   Don;'t you mean demanding? The lists are out...the dollars are being spent...they don't give, they get... I teach by example to my children to give, I don't require a red suit and a white beard and an obesity problem. Kids see Santa, and say gimme gimmee gimmee.. |
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No,
That wasn't what I meant at all!!  What I meant was,,,,,,,,, You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town!  |
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No, That wasn't what I meant at all!! What I meant was,,,,,,,,, You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town! Oh, you mean threaten them, and bribe them, like "Just you wait till your father gets home!" ok...
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Ho, Ho, Ho,,, Santa doesn't get fat until Mrs Clause makes him put on his Christmas weight! That way his suit will fit!!
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And Rudolph hasn't finished
his flying lessons yet 
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Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows. All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say: "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history! God, I love that!!
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Sorry Lee but Santa is all about giving and good will.I dont need him either but lets not villify Santa because of the commercialism of Christmas.My son has never cared about Santas naughty list cause the presents came anyway
Why can't we just celebrate goodwill and and fellowship instead of worrying about the anal people... |
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Yeah jess!!!
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Sorry Lee but Santa is all about giving and good will.I dont need him either but lets not villify Santa because of the commercialism of Christmas.My son has never cared about Santas naughty list cause the presents came anyway Why can't we just celebrate goodwill and and fellowship instead of worrying about the anal people... Jax, I agree... I have an opinion on the Santa of today... and I also have an opinion on the Santa of old, and sometimes it is hard to reconcile the two as being the same entity. My children have had the Santa of old in their lives. I was responding to the OP all through this thread from an australian perspective, about an Australian topic. We probably sadly do not have a lot of the Northern Hemisphere sentimentalities, and maybe our kids do miss out on that magic of christmas... kids dont get it here, they dont understand the snow, and the people dressed in winter woolies singing carols... we dont understand the chimney thing...we dont have chimneys, mostly... and a poor over weight guy dressed to the hilt in the hottest part of the year with reindeer, which we dont see except in an air conditioned zoo... none of the Santa thing makes sense to them Traditions are lovely...that particular one doesn't work quite so well here, so the Santa of today is just another excuse to get stuff. |
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I can understand that!!
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Jess642..... I think it would be nice to hear about some of the Christmas traditions in Australia. Would you share some of those with us?
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Edited by
Jess642
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Thu 11/22/07 08:47 PM
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Picnics by the beach, large extended family gatherings, the traditional game of cricket, or volleyball...
Everyone buys one person a gift, to an agreed amount...and the children hand them out. Too much seafood, for those that eat it, too much sun, and laughter, snoozing, siesta style under a shady tree through the heat of the day. A swim, in the afternoon, and more food if the kids want it, cool drinks, and bikinis, and board shorts and sunscreen. Visiting friends in the cool of the evening, and a band, or musically inclined, gathering, and playing, kids and animals running amok, and playing water pistol fights... Then as the night draws closed, the hugs, and the sleeping children, the sense of community, of oneness, strong amongst us all. |
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I want to go to Australia for Christmas........
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Sounds kinda like the $th of July here except for the gifts and no fireworks.
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It does, doesn't it?
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See? How the whole traditional Santa thing doesn't work here? Of course it sounds like your 4th of July, that's in YOUR summer. |
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This is just unbelievable. Political Correctness at its finest.....Geesh! Censoring Santa: Sydney says no, no, no to Ho, Ho, Ho Posted Nov 15th 2007 2:52PM by Sarah Gilbert Filed under: Scandals Christmas (or should I say "Xmas" -- "the holiday season" maybe?) continues to be criminalized and the companies that make a business of tinsel, gaily wrapped packages and "ho, ho, ho" don't know whether to embrace or hide from the specter of political incorrectness. I'm sorry. Did I offend you? In the latest blow to the no-longer-holy holidays, Santas in Sydney, Australia are being urged to say "ha, ha, ha," instead of "ho, ho, ho." Recruitment firm Westaff (NASDAQ: WSTF), which contracts with hundreds of Santas, sending them to stores and social appearances throughout Australia, has re-vamped its training. It's telling would-be Santas that the "ho ho ho" phrase "could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women," according to an Australian newspaper. As Zac Bissonnette says, "ho, ho, ho" is offensive? I could understand if Santas were walking around calling people nappy-headed 'hos," but Santa's jolly greeting is more kid lit than gangsta rap. After all, what does "ho, ho, ho" remind you of, more, than "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"? Can't you just see a belly bouncing like a bowl full of jelly? Oh, dear. Now I've just offended those with larger-than-normal body types. While Christmas is certainly much ballyhoed by businesses worldwide -- from Starbucks' frenzy over its holiday drinks to the American high holy Black Friday -- it turns out that Christmas may not even be good for the economy. (Experts posit that buying so many unwanted things ends up making us unhappy, and is wasting our resources. I'd buy that for a dollar.) Christmas is just a minefield. Emphasize Christianity and you're alienating your Jewish and Muslim customers; pull a Lowe's and call your fake spruces "Family Trees" [pdf link] and you'll have the Christians boycotting you. This year, thanks to the China lead paint scare, many families don't even want to buy toys unless they're made in the U.S.A., handily excluding the majority of toy companies' products. If you are a business, can you win this year? Probably not. Unless you remember that this whole thing is supposed to be about the spirit behind "ho, ho, ho." Be jolly no matter what the size of your belly and how jelly-like its jiggles. Offer products that are good, safe and useful no matter how they're marketed in your circulars. Give a little. And, if there's no one watching and you're really careful, maybe you can wish some of your customers a "merry Christmas!" and laugh. Ho, ho, ho. maybe sanya should say de dede
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cueing Bob Rivers - I Am Santa Claus
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lol I love Bob Rivers...........I am Ironman....ooops I meant santa claus!!
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Don't Drink & Post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHO0HV_tW8s Walkin' Round In Women's Underwear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa_56NzKOM |
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