Ted Rall for January 04, 2010
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Santa Claus, philanthropist to generations of Children and Symbol of Fat Acceptance Movement, dies at age 1,780. Every Christmas at midnight, Mr. Claus delivered presents of all of the good children in the world. (Man: It's the green giant!) It was a generous offer- generous to a fault, and his confidants. (Man 2: Why not cut out the non-christian kids?) (Santa Claus: Good knows neither creed nor culture.) They proved prescient, on Dec. 25, 2009, in Western Mongolia: (Voice: What time?) (Man 3: Whatchu doin' in my yurt, fat white man?) (Santa Claus: Gifts! I have toys for your kids!) (Man 3: Die, pervert burglar!) (Santa Claus: But... globalization?) Declared dead at Ulan Bator General Hospital on Jan. 3, 2010, Mr Claus was buried in an unmarked grave.)
“I don’t see anyone celebrating Saturnalia any more, so I think we can safely assume that the Christmas tree now belongs to Christianity.”
Guess you aren’t aware of the many neopagans who celebrate Yule and put up a Yule tree? But yes, the Christians have co-opted the symbol for themselves.
Actually, read up on what Yule is all about and see if it sounds like more was borrowed than just the symbols.