Slice Of Life #1 - Thoughts On Santa

When I am trying to fall asleep, I often lay in the dark of my room, stare at the ceiling and think. This particular night I was thinking about Christmas. I started off thinking about how enthusiastic everyone is for it. I mean, what is there not to like about giving and receiving gifts? As I thought about this, I realized that there is quite a bit to not like. The first thing I came up with was the television advertisements. Around this time of year, the tv ads switch to last year’s cheesy commercials, which gets annoying and blows the whole buying part out of perspective while burying the giving part under a rock. Also, Black Friday isn’t even an actual holiday. It started out when some businesses tried to convert one of the slowest days of the year, the friday after Thanksgiving into a day where people spent money. You would think that businesses would try and prevent injuries during Black Friday, but no. They do nothing to prevent deaths, which have happened. People chop down millions of pine trees every year for christmas trees, trees that could have been supporting the ecosystem, producing oxygen, and preserving nature. Instead, Christmas has turned into one big “pollute-the world-and-destroy-nature-party”. Children act with a sense of entitlement towards Christmas gifts, not caring about anything. Christmas shouldn’t be treated with that attitude. Even in the US, there are millions of children who are not fortunate enough to receive anything for christmas, because their parents can not afford gifts.

My final problem with Christmas is how children are told for a long time that Santa is real, but in fact they are being lied to. Children who are taught not to lie by their parents are told by their parents a massive lie, undermining the parent’s credibility. Children are also forced to sit on Santa’s lap, often when kicking and screaming. Then I fell asleep.

-SGC