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| − | Is Santa Claus really an American tradition? I know that Americans have a specific take on Santa, but I believe that he is celebrated widely outside of America. | + | Is Santa Claus really an American tradition? I know that Americans have a specific take on Santa, but I believe that he is celebrated widely outside of America. {{unsigned|StevenTramp}} |
== I think the lead section should make it clear that Santa Claus does not exist. == | == I think the lead section should make it clear that Santa Claus does not exist. == | ||
I have also made similar edits on Wikipedia and other wikis. [[User:Félix An|Félix An]] ([[User talk:Félix An|talk]]) 12:54, 15 July 2020 (EDT) | I have also made similar edits on Wikipedia and other wikis. [[User:Félix An|Félix An]] ([[User talk:Félix An|talk]]) 12:54, 15 July 2020 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :I'm okay with that, but I suspect some might be opposed to it. This is intended to be a child-safe/family-friendly site, but perpetuating a fairy tale doesn't seem to me like something we need to do. If we can have dozens of articles on sexual perversion (some is gruesome detail), this doesn't seem like a stretch. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 13:13, 15 July 2020 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 17:13, July 15, 2020
The eventual debate
I know what talk pages are like here, and sooner or later we are going to get into a debate about how acceptable Santa is - does he detract from the celebration of Christ's birth, influence of pagan imagery, undermining future faith in christ by giving children a myth they will have to outgrow, and so on. So, before any of that starts... please, before anyone starts debating, lets at least get the page into a good condition on the non-contriversial bits! Once the history is detailed, the links in, the details done (I want to see a list of Santa movies), then is the time for debate. NewCrusader 19:40, 23 September 2008 (EDT)
- Santa doesn't exist. --JESUSCHRIST 20:08, 23 September 2008 (EDT)
- I didn't mean that debate - that's an easy one. I just know that a significent number of Christians have 'issues' with Santa, for various reasons theological. NewCrusader 19:14, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
American
Is Santa Claus really an American tradition? I know that Americans have a specific take on Santa, but I believe that he is celebrated widely outside of America. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by StevenTramp (talk)
I think the lead section should make it clear that Santa Claus does not exist.
I have also made similar edits on Wikipedia and other wikis. Félix An (talk) 12:54, 15 July 2020 (EDT)
- I'm okay with that, but I suspect some might be opposed to it. This is intended to be a child-safe/family-friendly site, but perpetuating a fairy tale doesn't seem to me like something we need to do. If we can have dozens of articles on sexual perversion (some is gruesome detail), this doesn't seem like a stretch. --DavidB4 (TALK) 13:13, 15 July 2020 (EDT)