Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Cutting the Christmas List Down to Size

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."

Or rather, you would, if it weren't for the European credit crisis, high US unemployment and other assorted economic heebie jeebies. Fact is, you can't have everything, including that air rifle.


The largest Santa school in the U.S. has been advising its students on how to lower children's expectations in the economic downturn. When confronted with a huge list of 'I wants', Santas are being told to tell them that they can't have everything. They should also take a look at the children's parents and 'size them up' before promising them something that their mother and father can't afford.

My knee jerk reaction is to say that Santa Claus shouldn't be a killjoy. But then, I have a feeling if I was down on my luck and my kid was wearing crummy old shoes, I'd appreciate if Santa Claus took this in and downplayed the latest iPod, too.

By the way: they have Santa schools? Since when?

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