I think it is fair to say that Christmas has been hijacked by consumerism and is no longer a quaint Christian festival! And I guess it started with Coca-Cola branding Santa Clause in their own colours through a massive advertisement campaign. Since then, all good parents have had to pony up the money to buy the latest goodies for Christmas.
Hardly the season of goodwill!
Perhaps I am just a cynic, but now that I have given up on religion I don't want to take up a new one. And consumerism seems to me like a Religion. Work all day to earn money, so I can buy crap I don't want and don't need... All to be a good citizen and keep the economy moving??
So in that respect I can see how devout Christians see Santa like Satan, but it is not the image of Santa that is the "Satan". It is the system of consumerism itself (hypothetically speaking)..
Hardly the season of goodwill!
Perhaps I am just a cynic, but now that I have given up on religion I don't want to take up a new one. And consumerism seems to me like a Religion. Work all day to earn money, so I can buy crap I don't want and don't need... All to be a good citizen and keep the economy moving??
So in that respect I can see how devout Christians see Santa like Satan, but it is not the image of Santa that is the "Satan". It is the system of consumerism itself (hypothetically speaking)..
