Satan Claus Parents should not subject children to the black magic known as Santa Claus. The morbidly obese man in the red suit, a slave captor, forces little men to work for his sick desires. Aside from slavery and the ‘pixie dust’ drugs that the elves are forced to endure, Saint Nick commits 132,000,000 felonies every Christmas Eve (How Does Santa Do It?). He breaks into people’s houses in record time to pull off an inverted heist. The general implication that society forces adolescents of America to believe is simply rubbish. They grow up in a world of lies; believing that breaking in and entering are all okay under Jesus’s rule. The disgusting lie told to kids detracts from the true meaning of Christmas. Receiving gifts on this …show more content…
Imagination is brought to kids through many things; however, it is not brought through the ‘Santa Claus’ lie. Imagination is defined as, “The ability to imagine things that are not real” (Imagine). By definition, kids are not using their imagination to believe in Saint Nicholas. They are told that Santa Claus does, in fact, exist, and because of their impressionable minds, they believe it. David Kyle Johnson, Ph.D., explained thought process in a simple way: “The Santa Lie does not actually promote imagination or imaginative play. Imagination involves pretending, and to pretend that something exists, one has to believe that thing doesn’t exist” (Johnson, David K., Ph.D.). Parents should their kids that Santa Claus is myth instead; there would be space for imagination. They could imagine/pretend that this mythical figure is real. Pretending and theoretical thinking is what imagination is based upon. Joy may not be as genuine for the children, but it is the only way to improve the imagination. If adolescents are told it is reality, then it isn’t imagination to them. The only benefit of lying to children is the joy that they find in the myth and that joy lasts until they realize that their parents have been deceiving them for their entire
Dr. Seuss's original fable is a simple story told with a great moral that criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The original story features an “Ebenezer Scrooge” type creature that lives up the mountains outside "Whoville." The Grinch indulges himself in the annual ritual of spoiling everyone's festivities with a series of nasty pranks. This particular year however he plans to sabotage the holiday season by dressing as Santa Claus, clim...
Evidently, myths have become the culprit of traditions. That being said, the contemporary and ancient myths of Santa Claus and Krampus can only be understood by determining the elements that devise their entireties. Both narratives involve elements of opposition, trickery, mythemes, repetition, symbols, and ritualistic processes all of which support the structure of each holiday myth and tradition. Overall, the individual elements facilitate a valid, detailed compare and contrast analysis when examining the myths of Santa Claus and Krampus in a North American culture.
Jay Mocks article “Is Santa Clause a Conspiracy?” first appeared on The River Journal website on December 11th, 2009. Mock, an online blogger who has the mindset that there are conspiracies behind many things that go on in the world, seeks to encourage readers to discover whether there is a conspiracy behind Santa Claus. If so, whether or not it is maintained by the lies of parents, and whether or not their intentions are good because they support good, and even so would that still qualify as a bad thing? “We sometimes knowingly lie or overlook a lie if the reason is to support ‘good’” (Mock p4). The legend of Santa Claus can be the lure to which mankind falls into a ploy of conspiracy that may fortify a manipulative mindset and devious conduct in people. This article is a good example of how conspiracy theorist can appeal to readers through persuasion by the use of three kinds of proofs, reasoning (logos), credibility (ethos), and emotion (pathos). Although this article is a great attention grabber, it lacks the ability to impose the authors’ thoughts and feelings upon its readers.
From the first look into their child’s eyes, parents fall in love with the little life they have now welcomed into the world. Their child is the most pure and innocent creature they have laid eyes on, and from that day forward they strive to preserve it for as long as they can. As children grow, parents become more protective (especially with their first child). They spend countless dollars on safety gadgets to place around the house to ensure their child’s safety, and they tell them lies to make holidays more exciting. Does Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny ring a bell? These lies are meant to cause harm; they are simply told to children to prolong their innocence. As long as they believe in fictional characters such as Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy, children will have magic in their world. Parents attempt to make that magic last for as long as possible because they know about all the horrible things that happen in the real world. Although parents know they cannot prolong their children’s innocence and purity forever, they try
When tracking the evolution of the plot through the book, written by Valentine Davies, and the 1947, ‘73, and ‘94 movies there are a few key continuities and changes. Chief among the constant elements of the plot are the Christmas theme, idea of imagination, and the importance of family. Christmas spirit and the belief in Santa Claus is the focal point in each version of the movie, just like the book. On the other hand, the roles of women, setting, and ethical guidelines changed throughout the movies. Women became increasingly more independent with time, the settings of the movies gradually changed, and as the ethical guidelines for the movie evolved with
In Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Who Stole Christmas the main theme, of the conflicting opinions about Christmas, is understood when understanding the emotions of the grinch. At such a joyful and merry time, how is one soul not feeling the love without a solid emotional excuse? It is clear that at some point the grinch suffered through a memory that may be directly or indirectly related to Christmas. While the grinch is much different than all the whos in whoville, he must have felt lonely during a time when everyone else is feeling welcomed. This has resulted in the grinch not believing in the ‘joys’ of Christmas, as he never experienced them himself. The grinch, being isolated and far from everyone else, views Christmas as only being of gift exchanges
Christmas has consumed itself. At its conception, it was a fine idea, and I imagine that at one point its execution worked very much as it was intended to. These days, however, its meaning has been perverted; its true purpose ignored and replaced with a purpose imagined by those who merely go through the motions, without actually knowing why they do so.
...ch out only for themselves, we lose sight of what Christmas is truly about. Forgetting the being of Santa Claus only makes us slight the kindness on which this holiday is based. Not believe in Santa! You may as well not believe in the very gifts laid under the tree on Christmas morn. Without your faith, Santa Claus would be nonexistent. There would be no yearning in your soul to give of yourself to others, no example to follow. Thank God, Santa Claus exists and exists forever, lightening the heavy heart as the sight of the snow blankets the soul and defines the heart of childhood.
In this book, the main character, the Grinch hates Christmas, so he decides to steal all the presents in the town of Whoville. On Christmas morning when they wake up with no presents, they are not bothered at all. They start singing, which makes the Grinch realize that they do not need presents to have a good Christmas. “'Maybe Christmas,’ he thought, ‘doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!’”
Even more so, in the years to come we will have to accommodate those that are either offended by the Christmas celebration or those that feel excluded. In public schools, it used to be acceptable to celebrate the Christmas season with a Nativity theatrical play. The Nativity depicts the story about the birth of Jesus, born in a manger, and the three wise men coming to visit the new king. A plentiful number of school districts have decided against having this genre of theatrical play in their schools. They came to the conclusion that it imposes upon an individual’s religious freedom. It seems, accommodation is better than causing any possible discrimination lawsuits.
In Charles Webb’s “The Death of Santa Claus,” the speaker describe how a story of how Santa Claus died to him once he found out Santa Claus is not actually real. In the first half of the poem, Webb tells the story of how Santa Claus was feeling kinda sick and the sickness turned into his death. At the end of poem the 8 year old kid telling the story about Santa Claus gives the reader some details but not many, on how his mom had to tell him Santa Claus was not real.
Christmas is a special time of year that deserves to be remembered for its true meaning. Every year, Christmas becomes more and more commercialized and society forgets the origin of Christmas. It was not started with cookies, toys, and a fat man that delivers them, but instead it started with a humble inn where our Savior was born. The definition of Christmas is “a holiday on December 25 celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.” Nowhere in that definition does it say anything about the outrageous pressure society has set on consumers to buy, buy, buy during the Christmas season. Christmas is about presence not presents.
Christmastime was always a magical time of year for me. The beautifully decorated shopping malls, with toys everywhere you looked, always fascinated me. And the houses, with the way their lights would glow upon the glistening snow at night, always seemed to calm me. But decorating the Christmas tree and falling asleep underneath the warm glow of the lights, in awe that Santa Claus would soon be there, was the best part of it all. As a child, these things enchanted me. Sure, the presents were great, but the excitement and mystery of Christmas; I loved most of all. Believing…that’s what it was all about. Believing there really was a Santa and waking up Christmas morning, realizing he’d come, as my sleepy eyes focused on all the fancily wrapped presents before me.
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is an epic poem that describes the fall of Satan and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. Satan is the protagonist of Paradise Lost and has several characteristics in which readers may identify with him. Throughout the poem, Satan is not only a tragic hero but also the key character that drives the plot and portrays many flawed human qualities. As an angel fallen from the high esteem of God and a possessor of hubris that leads to his downfall, he represents a tragic hero but also a character in which readers may identify with.
We might think that because Satan is associated with evil and all bad in the world, it is hard to sympathize with him. In accordance with this, there are plenty of examples in Milton’s Paradise Lost that communicate the idea that Satan is not a sympathetic character. At one point Satan states: All is not lost—the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?