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Santa Claus vs. the Marketers
Jonathan Cohen writes "Hi: Not sure if this is up your alley, but since Slashdot deals with privacy, copyright, and 'piracy' issues, I thought you might be interested...I'll quote my press release: It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is grounded. After Claus Inc. hired a consulting firm in early November to re-brand Santa's image and revamp its business practices, the corporation has been on a downward spiral. The elf workforce has been downsized 70%, Santa's been given shoulder pads to make him look thinner, and even Rudolph's been eliminated for environmental reasons (nose radiation).
This is just part of the free short story "Santa Claus vs. the Marketers," an adult fable about contemporary business issues."
Santa Claus is the icon of defiling one of the most holy events of the year with profanity and blasphemy. He was invented by Coca Cola - a company which mixed initally drugs (extract of coca leaves) into their lemonade. He is used the lure people from the initial holy meaning of christmas to the profanity of a consumption orgy. It is no coincidence that Santa is an anagram for Satan and that he is dressed red and his animals have horns.
Well, this is no reason not to give gifts especially to the little ones at cristmas. Christmas is the event of peace and love and a good reason to make people happy. But don't teach children that their gifts are brought by a heathen economics icon. Rightous people will always teach them, like it's tradition in Europe, that their gifts are brought by sweet little baby Jesus.
Christmas is not the place to celebrate filthy wealth and consumption.
Owner of a Mensa membership card.