I love Jesus Christ, but Christmas has become an unholy day just because of the materialistic influences the Santa Claus story inspires. And yet the corporatization of Christmas is just scratching the surface of the Santa Claus story. No one will deny that the Santa Claus story is mostly a marketing ploy and that it influences our overall materialism. In fact, it's been an ongoing discussion - what's worse is how this leads to S.C.S. and apathy to our own destruction.
Our natural inclination to question godliness, to question institutions, authors and the authorities is sacrificed akin to a Saturnalia psychological torture tradition. The Santa Claus attachment to Christmas tradition is Saturnalia psychological hazing of our youth, training us all to be apathetic to lies and liars, and inept to even pursue our long term survival and/or development.
An excerpt of A Holiday Hazing: Santa Claus SyndromeThe Santa Claus Syndrome instils more than just materialism and the acceptance of lies. And chances are, if you can recall the names of more than one of Santa's reindeer, you are likely affected by it in some way.
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