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He engages in extortion and bribery. I think his shop violates all types of labor laws. He discriminates against old people and does not give them presents. He enlists the help of elves for window peeping. That is perverse. He seems a bit controlling as regards Mrs. Claus. He does not tip, for milk and cookies left, nor does he wash his dishes.
I think he might be wayward, I saw momma kissing Santa Claus. DUDE
BW - me exWH - serial cheater 2 awesome kids Divorced 12/2011
Many a good man has failed because he had a wishbone where his backbone should have been.
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. --------Eleanor Roosevelt
He engages in extortion and bribery. I think his shop violates all types of labor laws. He discriminates against old people and does not give them presents. He enlists the help of elves for window peeping. That is perverse. He seems a bit controlling as regards Mrs. Claus. He does not tip, for milk and cookies left, nor does he wash his dishes.
And lets not forget about those Reindeer. Only one headlight on Rudolph, working late into the night with no food breaks, tied up together in all weather conditions. Please contact PETA
Me 55, XWH 53, M 22 years D17, D30 alien replaces my husband "I'm not happy" -7/08 Discover OW-8/08 (his direct report and I work there also) H moves out 10/1/08, confront Ow 10/28/08 Plan B 1/09 D final 12/09
Quote: "First thing you do is pray; when there is nothing else to do, continue to pray."
Santa is very judgmental! Of course, he's simply an alter ego for Satan, and he doesn't even hide it well!
Seriously, think of the similarities!
*Both always seen wearing blood red *Both are immortal *Both infiltrate our homes without express consent *Spreads a message of Greed and Gluttony - one of them does so ONLY on the very eve of the birth of Christ! *We're warned against both of them in song "You better watch out, you better not..." *Both control minions that keep watch on us and pay special attention to those who misbehave... *Both appear mostly in the night, flying through the air with horned beasts at their command...
Be careful of the fat man, he may not be who/what you think he is...
:wavingsanta: <-- freaky, isn't he? (that is obviously a fake beard! Very poorly disguised!)
When this clip ends, you can scroll through various other scenes and pick your delight!
LOL, love it!!
There are too many great lines in A Christmas Story for me to pick my favorite...it's probably one of the few movies I have practically memorized (ok, and Napoleon Dynamite but shhhh...don't tell anyone).
Speaking of great Christmas movies...if you have not seen A Christmas Carol in 3D...SEE IT. It's incredibly well done.
Me,BW - 42; FWH-46 4 kids D-Day #s1 and 2~May 2006 D-Day #3~Feb.27, 2007 (we'd been in a FR) Plan B~ March 3 ~ April 6, 2007
In Recovery and things are improving every day. MB rocks.
He is hugely fat, so he can't be meeting Mrs. Claus' need for AS He travels all over the world and makes millions of toys, so there's no way they have UA time He kisses people's mommies He DJ's all over the place
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt
In reality, nice kids with poor parents or who live in foster care or orphanages get little to no presents, while bad kids with rich parents get lots of big expensive presents.
Actually, I think good and bad behavior in kids is more a reflection of the parents than the kids anyway. Kids will behave the way you train them to...maybe not the way you INTEND to train them, but yes it is always the parents fault. (And I say that as a parent of a pre-teen and a teenager.)
Being judgmental is not necessarily bad, IF you are also tactful AND you happen to be right. I've known a lot of people who were both judgmental and completely wrong about their judgments.
Oh my goodness! I just remembered a really funny song about Santa by Arlo Guthrie called The Pause of Mr. Clause. It had a long intro about being followed by the FBI, but I'll just post the lyrics to the song itself. To make sense of this, you need to understand it was during Vietnam and the Cold War.
Why do police guys beat on peace guys? Let's get Santa Clause, cause..... Santa Clause wears a red suit, he's a Communist! Long hair and a beard, must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?
Santa Clause sneaks in your house at night, He must be a dope fiend, to put you uptight Leaving his presents for free, Why do police guys beat on peace guys?
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt
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