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Another social problem, of course, is the breakdown of the family. Communist infiltration always begins with an attempt to bring about this collapse of the family, and how subtle is the plot when Santa is dressed in red? No one can expect a child to come through the Claus withdrawal without some loss of faith in his parents. They are the ones who foster the lie and knowledgeably deceive their children for years at a time. So when the myth is shattered, the child is taught not to trust or respect his parents. Then we are surprised when kids...
...more. The great myth distorts our social values. Ask yourself these questions: What color is Santa? What is his religion? What is his ancestry? Santa is white, Protestant, and Anglo. Some say he's Dutch, but at any rate, we can settle on West European. The great Santa Claus, kids observe, has all these characteristics. Necessarily, the children associate this WASPness with good. As a WASP child on your way to Macy's in New York City, you pictured a WASP Santa Claus. As a black child on your way to Macy's you too would imagine a WASP Santa...
Return to the race problem again. Don't you think a black gets a little fed up when he finds out that not only were God and Jesus white, but even Santa Claus is white? That's a little hard to accept. A couple of New York department stores have apparently caught on. They have hired a black Santa and a white Santa. This makes it a bit more obvious to the bright child that Santa just might be a hoax, but it's a nice gesture...
Speaking of discrimination, when was the last time you saw Mrs. Claus out on the department store campaign trail? While Santa is out doing business, his wife is back home in the kitchen baking Christmas cookies and looking after the gifts. That's her place, she's led to believe. She doesn't even ride in the sleigh the big night. If she did, she probably wouldn't get to hold the reins...
...this is the established, and the acceptable, relationship. Dexterous first-grader that I was, I learned to be a prolific potholder producer, and every Christmas Eve, I would leave two of the potholders on the mantel for Santa. It was understood that he would take them black to Mrs. Claus, who would be expected to use them to cook. For Santa himself, we left cookies and milk or after-shave lotion. Male chauvinist, to say the least...