and so the lie spreads
now someone has decided your pet should believe in santa claus.
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when will enough be enough for people? it started out innocently, i suppose:
old lie
kid: “where did these presents come from mom and dad?”
parent: “a fat man from the north brought them”
kid: “wow. i’ll remember this when you talk to me about the importance of honesty later.”
new lie
dog: (barking) “who is the fat man in the gray suit?” (remember, dogs are color blind). dog sniffs the fat man. (barking again) “yum, he smells like bacon.”
owner: “this is santa. he rides around to the homes of 6 billion world inhabitants in the course of one night and brings presents in a big sack. oh, and he has reindeer that fly.”
dog: (barking) “THE FAT MAN SMELLS LIKE BACON!!!”
dogs could care less if they get a present from a fat man in a red suit. what they care about is that it smell like bacon.
so get a grip, people. you have already lied to your kids. your dog does not need to believe in santa claus, too.
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I wonder how much of GDP is devoted to animals kept as pets. I then wonder where that $ amount ranks among the nations of the world.
Actually, the real Santa Claus is St. Nickolas. A man who helped the poor and under priviledged in Europe centuries ago. The Catholic Church made him a saint. But, you are correct, the season has been greatly over commercialized.
You need to visit the westside (of los angeles, not Utah) more often…people here treat their pets as if they ARE human…I mean people here put their cats on leashes. So the fact that St. Nick is now Santa Claws…well the rich people here have nothing else (besides their pets and expensive cars) to spend their mega bucks on…so why not? I’m not gonna be a judge….
well, various sources are reporting that the raw numbers are anywhere from $2 billion to $3 billion, just for christmas presents for pets, and that the whole year’s total comes to almost $40 billion spent on pets in america. and our GDP is estimated at like 12 trillion. so, if it’s just a simple percentage calculation (i’m not sure if there’s some complicated formula or if i’m even drawing from the right data) that’s like 1/3 of 1 percent.
i don’t know how this compares around the world, but i wouldn’t be surprised if we were near the top of the list of countries for “portion of GDP spent on domestic animals.”
From Drudge: ‘Santa Claus does not exist’ school tells stunned kids