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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 2791857" data-attributes="member: 8439"><p>So there was an article in the paper yesterday that I can only describe as "Orwellian". <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> The bare bones, translated from Newspeak, were pretty simple. A Dallas music teacher, in context unexplained, told some first graders that Santa is just a story. Kids asked parents about it, parents threw fit, school told kids teacher was just kidding.</p><p></p><p>But it was written as "the teacher lied to the kids, falsly denying Santa, the school reassured them of the truth...." WTF???? If it had been an op ed, it might be funny, but this was a news peice in the front section. Any kid old enough to read it on their own has probably worked it out by now, so what is the point?</p><p></p><p>Addmittedly, I don't get the whole "lying about Santa" thing to begin with, as I never believed in a literal Santa. but this still seems to be taking it a bit far.</p><p></p><p>For the non-americans (and non-christians) on the board, I'm curious. Is the Santa phenomoenon universal in the celebration of christmas, or is he more seen as a fun story kids aren't expected to literally believe, ala Frosty? And are there any traditions in non-christmas celebrators where parents try to keep kids convinced of something they know to be false?</p><p></p><p>(PS, I have joy and imagination and wonder and fun and the christmas spirit just fine thank you, I just never happened to believe in a literal reverse-burgler who would break into my house on christmas eve. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 2791857, member: 8439"] So there was an article in the paper yesterday that I can only describe as "Orwellian". :eek: The bare bones, translated from Newspeak, were pretty simple. A Dallas music teacher, in context unexplained, told some first graders that Santa is just a story. Kids asked parents about it, parents threw fit, school told kids teacher was just kidding. But it was written as "the teacher lied to the kids, falsly denying Santa, the school reassured them of the truth...." WTF???? If it had been an op ed, it might be funny, but this was a news peice in the front section. Any kid old enough to read it on their own has probably worked it out by now, so what is the point? Addmittedly, I don't get the whole "lying about Santa" thing to begin with, as I never believed in a literal Santa. but this still seems to be taking it a bit far. For the non-americans (and non-christians) on the board, I'm curious. Is the Santa phenomoenon universal in the celebration of christmas, or is he more seen as a fun story kids aren't expected to literally believe, ala Frosty? And are there any traditions in non-christmas celebrators where parents try to keep kids convinced of something they know to be false? (PS, I have joy and imagination and wonder and fun and the christmas spirit just fine thank you, I just never happened to believe in a literal reverse-burgler who would break into my house on christmas eve. :p ) [/QUOTE]
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