The Creepiness of Santa

| December 14, 2009 | 14 comments

Santa-CreepyI know I’m a little left out Jewish girl but I have never understood the whole Santa picture thing, never. I mean there is this chubby middle aged guy in a red suit and white beard who you put your child on his lap to take a picture. How does this not scream creepy to anyone??

With how paranoid parents are these days about pedophiles why would anyone want to put their child on a stranger’s lap for a picture? If the guy didn’t have on a Santa costume would you do it?

It’s things like these that I’m glad I was raised Jewish because there isn’t one picture of me with Santa where I’m crying my eyes out or simply horrified. I don’t have to look back and wonder who or what was lurking under that red suit.

Now that I’ve thrown this out there, what else can I sabotage about the holidays?

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The Creepiness of Santa was posted on December 14, 2009 at 8:33 am in Complaint Dept and tagged as , , . It was last modified on December 14, 2009 at 8:35 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your site.

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  • http://darnedtoheck.blogspot.com/ Grant

    As long as the Catholics keep putting up images of their lord nailed to two pieces of wood (by your people, I should point out), Santa Claus will never bother me. It’s like finding Dark Knight disturbing after watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

    • http://lifeisnotamovie.net Robin

      @Grant, touche.

  • http://www.brightestblue.wordpress.com Hannah

    Maybe because I’m part Scandinavian, but I’ve never found Santa Claus disturbing. The clowns that people hire for their kid’s birthday party are MUCH scarier!

    • http://lifeisnotamovie.net Robin

      @Hannah, yeah but clowns aren’t a tradition, I never had a clown at a party, good thing, they ARE creepy.

  • http://www.kill-the-body.blogspot.com Gwen

    Two things. First, I was never in to the whole Santa thing and I decided a long time ago that if hell ever froze over and I ended up with a kid I would in no way perpetuate the whole Santa-bullshit (which my family told me was “horrible and cruel”. confused? Me too.). Second, that being said, check out Simon Pegg’s new Avatar on Twitter. THAT Santa can come deliver my presents anytime. ;)
    :gwen:

    • http://lifeisnotamovie.net Robin

      @Gwen, Totally agree, on both counts.

  • http://WebsiteURL Maureen

    I was gonna say what Hannah said… How do you feel about clowns?

    • http://lifeisnotamovie.net Robin

      @Maureen, clowns are just as creepy, although they are not considered tradition, at least not in my world.

  • http://WebsiteURL Maureen

    We did our usual photo w/Santa on Saturday. We go see him at the zoo every year. While waiting in line to get our printed photo ornament, we got to overhear the next few kids in line talking to him. A most adorable 4yo boy, when asked “What do you want for Christmas?” started out with a gift idea or two, but then got serious – “Really, I don’t care what presents I get. What’s really important is, you know how when it’s 5 minutes to 7? Right? Well, I want it to be 6″ Or some kind of rambling goofiness like that. Santa did great, nodding & agreeing with him.

    I wonder what that was all about…

  • http://bloggochicago.com Barb

    I *ahem* brought my cat Hopper to have her picture taken with Santa when I was a first-time cat parent. Never did that again.

  • http://darnedtoheck.blogspot.com/ Grant

    Since I don’t have your e-mail addy, you don’t get this for xmas. Now aren’t you sorry you haven’t converted to xtianity?

  • http://www.secretinnerlife.com submom

    THAT Santa is very creepy indeed. And oh yes, I do wonder about the whole Pedophile thing. How easy would it be??!! Yew.

  • http://www.secretinnerlife.com submom

    Robin, don’t forget: Jesus was YOUR people. And don’t let Grant forget.

    • http://lifeisnotamovie.net Robin

      @submom, Jesus and I go way back, we went to private school together.

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