Fri 25 Dec 2009
I went to a Christmas Eve party last night and asked a young girl what Santa was bringing her, she looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. The girl spoke up and said kids she knew told her Santa wasn’t real, but she believed because she saw him one time. The young girls belief in Santa surmounted the rising wave of doubt, but it likely won’t last through another Christmas.
Despite years of belief and faith every child eventually realizes Santa isn’t real and in one moment that piece of childhood is washed away forever. Imagine if you will an adult who hold steadfast to the belief in Santa despite the mounting evidence and insistence of many Santa is pretend. Instead of shying away from others the adult Santa believer would likely want to find others who are equally committed to the faith in Santa.
Alone an adult Santa believer is the brunt of criticism, jokes and perhaps the recipient of strong psycho-pharmaceutical medications. In the middle of a group of adult Santa believers there is strength, resilience and support which pushes back on mounting fact, evidence and reality. How would our society deal with a group of adults who insist in the belief of Santa, want special privileges afforded to them, want public forums to hear their beliefs, recruit others to follow and hold classes to indoctrinate the youth.
If the Santa religion gains steam I’m sticking with the side of logic and reason, I’ll be Sant-Atheist.
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