Are you Fooled by the new Sanitized Santa?  | |  Just this minute I've seen my first TV commercial where Santa said "Heh, heh, heh" instead of "Ho, Ho, Ho" and it stunk to high heaven, in my opinion. They are trying to be "politically correct" and in today's crassly commercial world of elf eat elf I cannot really blame them for trying to please everyone and walk on eggshells. However, if they have to screw up a centuries old tradition why not say "Ha Ha Ha?" With all this skinny Santa and generic holiday stuff, Christmas is starting to sound like a bad joke anyway.
MyLottians seem to have a lot of common sense among them, and I've seen many of them say they will continue to think of Santa in the traditional way, but should things come to the point where a jolly Santa has negative connotations for so many people that he is legislated out of existence, what would you personally like to see take his place? And what would he say? Let's get creative here!
Only, let's try not to offend too many people, lol.
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| | | | | | 1.  kurtbiewald (2588) | 3 years ago |  no
he now has to say ha, ha, ha
hey hey hey would be fat albert instead
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 drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | I grew up on a farm, so I would have to say "Hay, Hay, Hay!" Thank you for being the first to comment. | |
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| | 2.  ladyluna (2495) | 3 years ago |  Hello Drannhh,
Geeze, it's 7:50 on a Friday night, and you want me to put my thinking cap on?
OK, here goes ...
To those of you who defile the memory of St. Nick:
- Remember that the joy of genuine magic lies in the hearts of our children, who believe in Santa; the embodiment of all that is good and kind to children and adults alike.
- The majesty of Christmas lies with tradition. A jolly maker of toys fuels that majesty. If he exclaimed "He, he, he", he would not only be acused of sexism, he would be perceived as a joker. Then folks would be afraid to open wrapped gifts, for fear that something untoward lies within.
- Nappy headed, female basketball players didn't exist when St. Nicholas was giving of himself to bring joy to children in Europe.
- "Ho, ho, ho" is indicative of a laugh, not a phrase. Some folks cackle when they laugh, some have much heartier, deeper laughs. Hence, banning certain types of laughter equate to discrimination!
Instead of going on and on, I will summarize with this: You mess with Santa, and you mess with Peace, Love, Harmony, and Joy. Do you really want that on your conscience????????????????????
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | While I don't at all mind having the disposition of your thinking cap on my conscience, I sure as heck wouldn't want all that other stuff on it. I'm tempted to throw in the towel and award you Best Response already, but that might discourage others from trying to top this one. It is hard to fathom anyone succeeding, but I want them to try. I really do. Maybe Santa himself will come and join myLot in my downline just for the opportunity to say "Tee hee hee!" | |
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| ladyluna (2495) | 3 years ago | Hello Drannhh,
I certainly couldn't blame you for not wanting the excess Karma of messing with peace, love, harmony, and joy on your head. And, I know you wouldn't want it on your heart, who would???
Yet, I'm sure that someone can top my response. I gleefully found this discussion right after spending a very sad moment pondering my recently deceased brothers death, and the magic we shared together as children. Quite honestly, I had just asked myself if I'd forgotten about 'real magic' when I was promted to turn to MyLot. Then, at the beginning of my friends discussions, your Santa discussion appeared. My sadness was immediately dissipated as I was aroused to the defense of childhood magic.
Still, those with young children in the household are surely more aware of Santa's magic than I am. Heck, I'm 43 yrs old. The majesty of Christmas and St. Nick should be long gone on a middle aged fart, eh? Nope! It certainly isn't.
I hope to be still be believing in St. Nick's magic when I'm 90! | |
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| | 3.  coffeebreak (4850) | 3 years ago |  Well, down in Aussie they are making him say Ha Ha Ha so as not to teach kids about the slang word ho to insult women and they are making him slim and trim so as not to promote obesity in kids. If kids know what ho means, their parents should be clapped silly and I'd be willing to bet that no kid ever said "I want to be fat like santa" and use that as a reason to gain so much weight. Again, the parents are not parenting and not just letting, but assisting the kids to eat unhealthy and get obese. Just another way for parents to be lazy in the peranting department and have an excuse for not taking responsibility.
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| coffeebreak (4850) | 3 years ago | Whats going to be next - let's see - ban Jack IN The Box so kids don't shave their heads. We can ban the Hamburgler so we don't teach kids to steal hamburgers. And for heaven sake, lets put that Pillsbury dough boy on a diet and not let him promote baked goods and biscuits as he is encouraging kids to eat unhealthy and get fat. These people are sure letting us all down in picking a figure that is only present or even thought about for a few weeks a year! They should be banning witches at Halloween so as not to encourage our girls to be ugly and ban kisses on valentines day so as not to encourage playful s_x among the kids......
You may now pass me the barf bag!!!! Care to share? Oh, can't do that! It will encourage our kids to think it is okay to share each other's barf!
I'm going to bed now..... | |
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | My goodness, I hope we don't all get politically incorrect dreams from this! You are so right. If parents teach children values and others set good examples in the way they live their lives, it is hard to fathom how a mythical character can be a bad influence. On the other hand, it is much easier to point to an icon and say it has clay feet that to walk the straight and narrow in one's own shoes. | |
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| | | 4. aaidjs (658) | 3 years ago |  Hello Dear and good morning!!My father as our dear Santa have no intention to start with "he,he,he" instead of traditional "ho,ho,ho"!Whole my life and in whole world Santa had same language "Ho,Ho,Ho"!My family and me haven't any problem with that word!!Our Santa will be as he always was!Ho,Ho,Ho.....Silvana
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | It is morning here, too, but that is only because I do not have enough sense to go to bed! The thought of you going "ho ho ho" with your nice fat Samta eating your cookies and a chilled glass of your hubby's milk makes me so happy that I am going "ho ho ho" too! Have a great day! | |
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| aaidjs (658) | 3 years ago | ...lol....ho,ho,ho, dear Big Santa with biggggg glass of milk!!..lol....Silvana | |
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | I forgot5 to ask, do you still get the cream top milk in glass jars where you live? | |
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| | 5. zigzagbuddha (1833)  | 3 years ago |  I have never been a fan of Santa Claus to begin with. Although I have left him cookies before and tried to stay up late enough to catch him eating them, still, that didn't last long. I don't like his rosy cheeks, I don't like the twinkle in his eyes, nor do I care for his stupid outfit.
I have had to stop watching tv, reading the newspaper, or listening to the radio because the commercialism so intensely annoy me. I am soooo not into 'politically correct'. In my mind it's just a 'polite' way of saying 'a$$ kisser'.
Whoever gets voted in though, I think he should be small enough to fit down a friggin' chimney! Yeah, fire Santa and hire one of the elves! Their little green and brown costumes are darling, a bunch of them together could man the sleigh, and they could all fit down the chimney. And rather than the guffawing like some kind of idiot, they would all giggle mischievously.
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | The little elves would make wonderful poster promoters of holiday spirit. Down with Santa and UP with the ELVES! Mrs. Claus would probably like to stop packing all those annual lunches, too! What an idea. | |
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| zigzagbuddha (1833) | 3 years ago | Oh, and something else in the elves favor: they are very experienced, since they have been the ones MAKING ALL THE PRESENTS TO BEGIN WITH! Why should Santa get all the credit for their hard work?!?
Thanks for the BR!! | |
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| | | 6. xParanoiax (4937) | 3 years ago |  People and their politically correctness concern me.
I propose a new system for people to use instead of it!
How about everyone just state things as is, for what they are, the truth, no sugar coating it, watering it down, changing it to suit yourself or your company's purposes...to stop giving a damn who you offend, and start caring who you can help.
What is TEH USE, of promoting health by having a skinny Santa, and teaching children not to insult women..if you don't teach them to care about other people?
Santa's not obese anyway...he's just plump. He gets around fine, right? Don't be telling him to start drinking slim fast instead of milk V_V slim fast is more fattening than milk anyway, or else it wouldn't be so tasty.
Besides. Santa PAWNS slang any day. He existed before it did. He's laughing. Not insulting women.
Duh.
Some people just need to get over themselves, I think.
I've never cared what people think, and I'll continue not doing it. I will always love my round, "hohoho" laughing Santa! And I'm a girl, so people should shut up about his laugh SOMEHOW being offensive!
Okay...I'm done ranting lol.
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | I love your rant and hope to get many more similar ones right here! Plain talking works for me. Instead of finding fault with stuff that isn't broken, I say fix what is! BRAVO! Excellent response. Thanks for pulling on my side of the rope. | |
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| xParanoiax (4937) | 3 years ago | Ezactlee.
It's not broken, so they shouldn't be trying to fix it..if they really wanna put their brains to work they should be tackling things that really do need fixing. Everyone knows there's plenty of that in the world..so they should have at it.
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | You said that even better than me, lol. Glad we agree. | |
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| | | 7. dumblnddzzy (10301) | 3 years ago |  I still say HO HO HO Merry Christmas!! I don't care what people think or say of me. It's their problem not mine..I LOve Christmas...Happy Holidays..Lori
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | Ho, Ho, Ho and a very Merry Christmas to you, too, Lori! | |
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| | | 8. hillock (454) | 3 years ago |  if im going to be lets say a 6 yr old kid and Santa appears to me and say "Heh! Heh! Heh! instead of Ho! Ho! Ho! on the middle of the night where my brain isnt probably functioning well. i wouldnt know the difference but honestly i would definitely get scared! just think of Santa showing his teeth! LOL! so dont let santa scare kids in the future. LOL!^-^ We loved him the way he is!
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | Yes, perhaps these folks have got Christmas mixed up with Halloween! | |
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| hillock (454) | 3 years ago | wahahaha! definitely! so much like pumpkin tax next is santa tax! jeez! | |
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| | | 9. aseretdd (6864) | 3 years ago |  What is politically incorrect with Santa's Ho Ho Ho?... i can't imagine him laughing with ha ha ha or he he he...i really do not the story behind this but if they are to change this tradition... then they have to like change almost all christmas traditions that we grew up knowing... i think there are more important things to discuss and enact than Santa's laugh...
What's next?... his red suit... or Rudolph's red nose...
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | You are right! The school children who are prohibited from wearing a red shirt to school because red is now owned by the gangs and are recognized by the school officials as "gang colors" had better not be putting up pictures of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Nopers. That will not work, will it. Here is one of the articles, for those who missed out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat | |
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| | | 10. girlgonefishing (1224) | 3 years ago |  Ok, first of all, I could never imagine getting rid of Santa. Even if he was legislated out of existence he would still become a folk tale and parents would still tell their children about him so he would therefore still exist wouldn't he? I sure hope so, I don't think I could live without Santa. We had our first christmas with the boys last year and at 15 and 11 it started out being difficult to make them believe in Santa. My husband I pulled it off somehow and the boys were actually believing by Christmas eve. They put out everything (tamallies, beer and the remote control on the arm of a chair positioned right in front of the TV so Santa could relax for a while) and went straight to bed and shut their eyes as tight as they could. It was the cutest thing!
Ok, on you YOUR discussion. LOL I grew up on a farm so ho, ho, ho means keep hoeing the corn or the weeds will take over! So, I propose that if we must get rid of Santa and have someone else take his place, we get a jolly farmer instead. He can say rake, rake, rake instead of ho, ho, ho. LOL He could leave organic vegetables and fruit for the children so that the children will be more aware of diet. What do you think?
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| drannhh (7577) | 3 years ago | I wondered if anyone else made the connection between "Ho Ho Ho" and the farm implement we used to use in the garden plot. Kids would just love getting vegetables instead of toys, wouldn't they. Well, grrrrl, all I gotta say on this is "Hoe, Hoe, Hoe," and Merry Christmas. | |
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| girlgonefishing (1224) | 3 years ago | I'm glad you said Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays. That would have started a whole nother rant! Merry Christmas! | |
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