I heard a really great song on the radio today.  “ Santa Welcome to the Modern World” by Pat Godwin is a list of complaints about Santa’s mythology that don’t fit in the modern world.

Mrs. Claus is supporting the ERA and the elves are protesting their working conditions.  Doctors advise Santa to lose  weight before he has a heart attack.

He is requested to move before the North pole is covered by an oil spill and of course with global melting all the snow will melt anyway so his normal habitat will disappear.

My favorite though is the advise to check the sleigh for bombs before taking off.  And of course as a role model for youngsters he better lose the pipe, what is he thinking?

While he is at it , lose the sexist Barbie doll toys for girls and do we really want to promote war and violence with GI Joe dolls?

Trashings Symbols

Some of the lyrics are laugh out loud for me, the sad part though is the underlying truth.   The human race is thinking too much.  Chill out people.

Happiness, good will to others, giving rather than getting ; this is the underlying sentiment behind the Santa Claus brand.  Do we really want to ruin it with our modern reality?

I for one vote enthusiastically no.  Sexisim, terroism, global warming, greed and political correctness aside do we really want to trash one of histories greatest, and endearing symbols.

Santa please stay away from the modern world like it is a plague.