The Santa myth: harmless fun, or a myth that harms?

[Anonymous]

This and the people triggers by Christmas displays have me wondering, who are these people who recently found DCUM?

I hope I don’t come across them in real life. I doubt I ever will. Most people in my life are fun, happy people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This and the people triggers by Christmas displays have me wondering, who are these people who recently found DCUM?

I hope I don’t come across them in real life. I doubt I ever will. Most people in my life are fun, happy people.

You may not meet them IRL. One of them, on the "How I lost my faith" thread, says she comes all the way from Southern California to trash Christianity. Some people need help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This and the people triggers by Christmas displays have me wondering, who are these people who recently found DCUM?

I hope I don’t come across them in real life. I doubt I ever will. Most people in my life are fun, happy people.

You may not meet them IRL. One of them, on the "How I lost my faith" thread, says she comes all the way from Southern California to trash Christianity. Some people need help.

Imagine thinking the joy of people at Christmas is harmful. And my gosh people like to buy their loved ones gifts at Christmas? No, no, no. No gifts, we must all live like 14th century peasants and subsist on gruel and sleep on piles of hay. People who see happiness and joy in a celebration like Christmas, both secular and religious, are damaged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's puzzling that Santa gives expensive gifts to rich kids, cheap junk to poor kids, coal to troubled kids and nothing if your parents doesn't approve of him.

In theory, its an lovely tradition but details are puzzling and on top of that, consumerism messed it up like other things.

Time to sue Santa for not giving all kids the same access to gifts and candy. Subpoena his records on his gift giving policies and perhaps you can expose the discriminatory gift giving practices Santa operates under.

He’s gotten away with it for far too long.

Santa definitely doesn’t bring kids presents if the parents of those children don’t approve of him; that’s ridiculous. Santa should break into these homes and force gifts on these children. What is he thinking? If people don’t believe in you, you still gotta show up. Prove those haters wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This and the people triggers by Christmas displays have me wondering, who are these people who recently found DCUM?

I hope I don’t come across them in real life. I doubt I ever will. Most people in my life are fun, happy people.

You may not meet them IRL. One of them, on the "How I lost my faith" thread, says she comes all the way from Southern California to trash Christianity. Some people need help.

Imagine thinking the joy of people at Christmas is harmful. And my gosh people like to buy their loved ones gifts at Christmas? No, no, no. No gifts, we must all live like 14th century peasants and subsist on gruel and sleep on piles of hay. People who see happiness and joy in a celebration like Christmas, both secular and religious, are damaged.

Joy and gifts are not what people are taking issue with on this or the Christmas display thread. You're either misreading or misrepresenting to try to make an unclear point.

[Anonymous]

Santa is a fun representation of goodness and generosity in a season that is meant to spread light and goodwill.

Elf on a Shelf, on the other hand...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the Christian posters who opted out of having Santa visit their households get visits from the Easter Bunny or even the Tooth Fairy? Is Santa the only one you opt out of or all of them?

We are Christians and we raised our kids without Santa, Easter Bunny or tooth fairy. We do celebrate St. Nicholas date because this is our heritage holiday and we give each other presents on that day and on Christmas Day. My kids went to a lot of parties with easter bunny but they view it more like a party decoration, like a presence of clown at some birthdays. They always knew what the Easter is about. None of my kids ever had a photo with Santa, I always find it creepy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Santa seems racist- he doesn’t have any black, hispanic, asian, or native elves.

Santa is for rich white kids.

I am in shock that Americans still have not cancelled Santa. But then look at RBG who hired only white jewish clerks through most of her career and liberals worship her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s what happens with 99.9999 percent of kids who grow up in homes where they celebrate Christmas and are told about Santa: the kid figures out that Santa is bullshit before the parent knows the kid has figured it out, but the kid goes along with it because they don’t want to sabotage the presents. So there’s a little bit of lying on both ends. And it’s all in good fun, builds fond memories and is not only harmless but nice.

Stop being so uptight.

Citation?

The sky is blue. Do I need a citation for that too?

You are wrong, the sky is grey today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This and the people triggers by Christmas displays have me wondering, who are these people who recently found DCUM?

I hope I don’t come across them in real life. I doubt I ever will. Most people in my life are fun, happy people.

You may not meet them IRL. One of them, on the "How I lost my faith" thread, says she comes all the way from Southern California to trash Christianity. Some people need help.

Imagine thinking the joy of people at Christmas is harmful. And my gosh people like to buy their loved ones gifts at Christmas? No, no, no. No gifts, we must all live like 14th century peasants and subsist on gruel and sleep on piles of hay. People who see happiness and joy in a celebration like Christmas, both secular and religious, are damaged.

Your “joy” is in fact a privilege. The myth of Santa reinforces the inequitable nature of American culture by employing a Christian saint to further reinforce the class, race, and ethnic divisions in this unjust society.

[Anonymous]

I would suggest Santa is irreversibly tainted by cultural appropriation and a colonialist mindset. A middle eastern Saint suddenly is a blue-eyed white dude with a weight problem? GMAFB.

[Anonymous]

NP. Sometimes I’m genuinely shocked by how sheltered and privileged DCUM posters are.

This is not a real problem OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. Sometimes I’m genuinely shocked by how sheltered and privileged DCUM posters are.

This is not a real problem OP.

The whole thread is a troll thread.

[Anonymous]

Sadly, I don’t think it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids don’t need lies or presents wrapped in shiny paper to be happy. (It’s bad for the environment, anyway.)