I Can't Let Her See THAT Cup!!!

[persephone]

Honestly, when I was little, it never occurred to me to be bothered about seeing many pictures of "Santa" looking different. I always assumed that, in order to be able to deliver that many presents, he had help. I think my brother is the one that initial put the idea of "elves" being the Santas in the mall, so that Santa could make toys.

So that's what my kids think. Daughter actually came up with it on her own. Son asked this year how there were Santas at both malls near us. Daughter said "Well, Santa's really busy so they must be elves in costume." I thought it was rather smart of her.

We have a black Santa, a white Santa and I've even seen a "Native American" Santa in the malls and events near us. Never bothered me. I'm glad my kids are growing up in a world where they don't automatically notice someone's color. Daughter really doesn't seem to distinguish between black - asian - indian - white as anything but how her friends look different from her. That's it -- it's no big deal. And I think that's cool.

Though I do have to be careful which mall we go to because one of the mall Santas locally is a very VERY good friend of ours that lives about two blocks away from us (he and his wife are both retired and kind of the neighborhood grandparents. They have Sunday dinner with us at least once a month and Daughter and Son adore them). I think THAT might bother Daughter a little bit.

[Pagan]

Hehehe 2 Santa's - 1 Cup (oh my god I'm gonna go straight to hell for that one)

GAH! Thanks a lot. I had just about purged that from my brain. >.<

Shouldn't he look like the Holly King?

Hadn't thought of that....especially with the Holly King arriving yesterday and all.

[wagegoth]

Shouldn't he look like the Holly King?

http://www.flowersociety.org/heart_healer.htm

[digilight]

Hehehe 2 Santa's - 1 Cup (oh my god I'm gonna go straight to hell for that one)

Personally I kinda like the Idea of a Jamacian Santa "Ho Ho Ho Merry Xmas Mon"

[Evil Queen]

Bah. Everyone knows Santa is Jewish!

Bullocks! Everyone knows that Santa is purple!

[Pagan]

see this is the odd part, Santa should look like you believe him to be, I mean it is based with German roots, so shouldn't he look Germanic? It is also like Jesus, most 'pictures' show him different depending on where your located (IE mexico shows him with darker skin, than the pic my grandmother has) than his biblical description (its in there)

The one I've got out right now is wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes!

Imagine what she would have done if the cup had a picture of Kwanza Bot on it or maybe even Hanaka Zombie.

Or a couple of pentagrams?

I saw him on tv while flipping through channels yesterday evening riding the waves on a surfboard.

Is that why I haven't seen him riding his Norelco shaver down the mountain?

it's santa! since when does santa give a flying reindeer poo about race? the only "race" he cares about is "naughty" and "nice

I'd be more worried about the fact that he exhibits stalker tendencies!

[XCashier]

SC: "I didn't want the Black Santa...I wanted the WHITE Santa. I have my 4 year old granddaughter in the car and I don't want her asking questions!"

" O NOES! A black Santa Claus! What next, a black President?! Oh, wait..."

Sheesh. Welcome to the 21st century, madam.

[Mike Taylor]

Bah. Everyone knows Santa is Jewish!

Actually, the hometown Santa I grew up with WAS. One of the greatest people who ever lived, too.

But yeah... I think this mom has some serious issues.

[MystyGlyttyr]

So what was wrong with the polar bear cup?

[PepperElf]

it's santa! since when does santa give a flying reindeer poo about race? the only "race" he cares about is "naughty" and "nice"

though since the topic is black santa... slightly OT... been watching a lot of scarecrow & mrs. king vids lately. and now i'm reminded of one of the holiday episodes where the section chief (Billy Melrose) was dressed as Santa. (tho he didn't look to be too happy about wearing the red suit, lol)

[BookstoreEscapee]

Am I the only to whom it never occurred that there is more than one Santa? I mean, obviously he was in every mall... not all of them can be the "real" Santa. I don't recall ever really questioning it...

[Shironu-Akaineko]

BTW, what's so wrong with Santa drinking Pepsi? Mine always liked Dr. Pepper.

I think it's because the current Santa look, the one we're most familiar with, was created by Coca-Cola.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

As long as they don't show him drinking Pepsi, it's all good.

I saw him on tv while flipping through channels yesterday evening riding the waves on a surfboard.

Different strokes for different folks, I say. It was still amusing though.

BTW, what's so wrong with Santa drinking Pepsi? Mine always liked Dr. Pepper.

[candyshopgirl]

Oh good lord
Am I the only one would doesn't give a rats ass about what color santa is.My mom bought me black,white,and asian dolls when I was a kid.She just never once thought it mattered. I think a black santa is cute. I think that is awful for parents to teach their kids that santa or jebus for that matter is one color only.

[Mark Healey]

As long as they don't show him drinking Pepsi, it's all good.