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1 Well first of all, no wars have been fought in the name of Santa. In fact, in WWI there was an unofficial truce, a moment of peace time occurred in the Xmas 1914 where troops exchanged presents. British and German troops even played a few matches of soccer together before returning to the trenches. This is true, please see the link. People started singing Christmas songs I think the Germans first and the British answered with the same songs. Slowly a few people on each side stood up with no weapons and then many others followed. Nobody really wanted to be fighting.... Face it without Santa, the holiday just wouldn't have the impact that it has. Just think of Xmas morning verse going to an xmas mass, case closed.
2 Which mythology is healthier?: the man demanding worship and obedience whose has multitudes of sects arguing about the volumes of what they think he may have said or the cookie loving guy that lives with elves whose entire moral philosophy has been summed up in two words, “be nice.”
3 The Santa Vs Jesus proves that it is much more fun to give than to just talk about it. Everyone enjoys the Santa mythology more than the Jesus myth. (Including most Christians thought they won’t admit that). It’s far better to thank and love your living family than a man who died to protect you from his father (also himself, so long as you believe in his masochistic tantrum).
4 A tree is a lot happier than a cross: a device of torture.
5 And a jolly fat man with toys is a lot more appealing than a skinny dead dude on a stick.
6 A wreath is much merrier than a bloody crown of thorns.
7 Christmas cookies taste a lot better than holy wafers pretending to be pieces of somebody’s body.
8 But I will say in general wine wins over eggnog, so I’ll give one point for Jesus there.
9 Believing in Santa is happy, believing in Jesus is an escape from punishment and laced with constant guilt and worry.
10 Discovering Santa is not real is a bummer, learning Jesus was not real either is a relief.
So chalk one up for the Pagans. This morphed Norse god of Woden and a Coca-Cola commercial icon hybrid wins over the masochistic Jewish zombie man and advocate of magic cannibalism every time. Santa's movies are better too. However Jesus Christ super star is pretty funny and does make a good drinking game.
I have to agree with Joseph Cambell on this one. There are healthy and unhealthy mythologies. And Christianity/Judaism is a complete reverse archetype of nearly all of the other world religions. Being born stained, with sin and seeing all earthly pleasures as sinful starts with self hate and shame from the beginning and the only way to relieve yourself from that is through total obedience to an insane egomaniac. I kind of like the guy with the reindeer and the red coat better. Despite is stalker like powers and total disregard for trespassing; Santa is far more friendly and lovable than Mr. Walking dead man.
Merry Christmas every one.
Birth of a solar deity and ritual of a market friendly Pagan god we already gave Wednesday. What a strange world we live in so absent of basic history.
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or maybe a mix?
Nah I'll stick with Chris Kringle..
...nothing in this pipe but "Christmas Cheer."Ryan Dawson
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