Santa under fire, Part II

Dear Old Saint Nick is having a terrible year, PR-wise.  I just opened up Yahoo! to find one of their top stories: in Sydney, Australia, Santa is being ordered not to say HO HO HO! anymore as it may be offensive to women.  Read the full story here.

I posted a few days ago about the story in Scotland saying that Santa was too fat and therefore a terrible role model for children.  Awful story on two levels: one, Santa is a good guy, gimme a break; and two, a-hem, extrapolate that line of thought out to every overweight and obese parent and just tell me you’re not slapping them with yet another guilt trip.  Yes, parents should model healthy behaviors, including eating habits, but fat isn’t evil, ok? Pedophiles are evil; chubby, jolly Santas are a welcome sign of Christmas.

This is one of those moments where I think of Jimmy Buffet and his wise words, If couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane. 

As funny as this recent story is (I’m imagining Santa as a pimpdaddy in these PC people’s eyes), the sad and scary part is there is someone on the opposite side, someone clinging to their politically-correct buzzer,  just itching to slam their palm on the button and scream,”I’M SO OFFENDED!”

These people, while hilarious in their ridiculousness to me and the rest of the real world, are deadly serious about holding this position.  And that’s frightening.

PC Freaks: if you’re so offended by Mr. Claus, if you truly believe he’s a female-hater who’s had an intended anti-female sub-text in his jolly greeting all these years, don’t go to the mall, to the park, to Breakfast with Santa, or anyplace else where you might be subjected to his evil misogyny.  Stay at home, mulling and brooding over how much the world offends you and how much more important your delicate sensibilities are than the light of joy on the faces of generation after generations of children around the world. 

If you do feel the need to indulge in a little Christmas entertainment, watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas and root for the scrawny, hairy, mean, green guy.  He’s just your type.

You gotta be kidding me…again.

WM

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