https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/13/uk/bad-santa-claus-grotto-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
While parents and children were already evacuating, Santa Claus tore into the room and started causing havoc, a customer said on Facebook." He came changing (sic) in, ripped his hat and beard off in front of 50 odd kids and started shouting and swearing at people to leave," the post said.
A mother told local news outlet Cambridgeshire Live: "My friend's little boy was upset as his dad was carrying him when Santa told them 'to get the f*** out,'" adding that she had to tell her children that the man wasn't the real Santa but an imposter who would be going on the 'naughty list.'"
Is it just me or does that Santa looks a little like Rich Evans
I think I know who was under the disguise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdNadzAbDuA
This wouldn't be as big of a deal if the parents didn't insist on lying to their kids.
Still, he could've handled that a lot better.
https://youtu.be/vbchzto2P2s
It's well documented that Santa is in fact foul mouthed
https://youtu.be/R9LfPx9MDZc
this movie was awful
Christ why is santa that big of a deal to people? Good opportunity to say "yeah, sweetie, santa's not real" dont just flat out lie to them in the face of insurmountable evidence.
...Whoa...
You think current Trump cultists were told that Santa is real by their parents? That would make a lot of sense...
good job trying to derail this into something it has nothing to do with at all. I don't like trump either but this is just fuckin sad dude.
I'd say the same thing if I was a mall santa and some dumb broad walked up with her chud kid while I was chowing down on my lunch break.
"the FUCK do you want?"
Past a certain age, yes, I can understand not keeping up the lie. (Though I wouldn't out and only say "Yeah Santa's not real." Because that's just a bit harsh. I'd make it about the spirit of Santa, about giving and such and being Santa yourself, if it were me.)
But it doesn't hurt little kids (2-6 years old) who wouldn't be as likely to understand the truth about it, or at least take it well.
Imagine being a small child full of wonder and imagination and learning Santa isn't real through some overzealous nutcase screaming profanities at you after ripping his beard off, and your parent(s) just saying "well tuns out Santa ain't real, sorry you had to find out this way."
I'd imagine that to be a rather scarring moment to impressionable growing brains.
I remember being 12 and still believed in Santa Claus. My parents waited until I was in grade 7 to tell me. They figured that was when most other kids would also start having realized that Santa isn't real. I cried. It shattered my world-view.
idk, Santa wasn't a big part of my childhood. I don't think I ever believed in Santa. I thought his entire thing was that he's not real. Like that was the point
The point for most is a lot like what ZEF said. It's a thing to make a child's upbringing more fun and full of wonder, in other words, the total opposite of not real.
Some parents also use it as a tool to get their kids to behave when nothing else works, and while I don't personally 100% agree with using it that way since it can turn quickly from positive re-enforcement to negative if not done correctly, I'm not gonna tell anyone else how to raise a difficult child. If it works and keeps everyone sane, so be it.
I suppose it's just not everyone's thing and everyone does it differently, while for you it may have been the point of him not being real, but for millions of children, it's about being very real, for a while, where it's not going to hurt them to believe. Though yes, I agree letting it go on for too long is a bit ridiculous.
For a few, I also would guess that it's minorly over being able to relate to other kids in school and not be that weirdo who keeps saying Santa isn't real and doesn't fit in because of it. Brutal; but that's how kids tend to be.
Personally I figured out Santa wasn't an actual person around 8 years old and I was fine with it, I still left cookies and milk knowing my parents were going to eat it before I woke up Christmas morning, but it was a fun thing to do, you know, for tradition's sake. The fat white bearded jolly man in the red suit wasn't Santa anymore, my parents were Santa. And I still wanted to behave for "Santa." For me, like I said in my edit, it's about the spirit of St. Nick, when they're old enough to understand it.
As much as I believe in everything I'm saying here, I can't help but feel cheesy like I'm writing a fucking script for a Hallmark Christmas movie.
While I don't entirely agree with Santa's behavior here, my last concern regarding this whole situation would be less the fact that Santa said some naughty words, and more the fact that my kids are alright after a fire alarm went off.
I guess it does suck these kids probably found out that Santa wasn't real from this whole thing, but I mean, they were gonna find out at some point anyway.
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