User blog:KGBSpetsnaz/Pure Good Removal Proposal: Santa Claus

I may or may not make too awful many friends with this one, but here goes nothing! Welcome to my PG Removal Proposal for none other than Santa Claus! Thankfully, this won’t be near as controversial as the removal proposal on God or Jesus Christ, but I’m sure you still get the point.

Who is Santa Claus
This should be a no brainer but for those who have been living under a rock since the Renaissance, he is the magical gift bringer to good boys and girls on Christmas. He has elves, reindeer, and a wife named Mrs. Claus.

Why Doesn’t He Qualify?
For starters, it’s simply because if children are bad on Christmas, he gives them coal and switches. Yes, I know it’s as a punishment for bad behavior, but it’s still rather harsh to do to an underaged child. This has also been explained in various Christmas movies relating to Santa. Also, what if there’s a generous person out there who really is kind and knows the true meaning of Christmas, but just so happens to not believe in Santa? In that case, Santa basically doesn’t go to their house simply because they don’t believe even though they’re good to others. Additionally, he somewhat takes away from Christmas’s true meaning in favor of commercial exploitation. That would pretty much denote some arrogance within him. All in all, he seems to be nice exclusively towards young children who believe in him as opposed to those who don’t as well as adults and teenagers. A Pure Good hero should be nice to everyone, regardless of their age or beliefs. On top of all that, in European folklore, he has a demon named Krampus who takes misbehaved children to his lair. Even if Santa doesn’t do it himself, it’s still not very moral to just allow something like this to happen to a child, no matter how misbehaved they are.

Final Verdict
I’d say he doesn’t quite qualify, and no, not because God and Jesus Christ don’t, but because I genuinely feel so.