the thing you just said about Nymeia is making my head hurt
Santa's like... so there's like three stages of Santa I guess?? first of all he was a real bishop who eventually got canonized as a Saint and he was known for his generosity and resurrecting a trio of dead boys from pickle barrels and wanting to fistfight like everyone he disagreed with back in the old religion days
then he sort of got co-opted into this spirit of generosity who brings gifts to children. in some countries he like, puts snacks and stuff in shoes?? so parents use Santa as sort of 'if you're a bad kid you won't get presents because you're being watched and evaluated' thing and some people upped their game by hiring a tiny elf doll to spy on their kids
and then in his ultimate form you've got this weird duality of this whole generous gift-bringer but also a huge Capitalism Thing where people shill stuff with Santa on it or use Santa to sell soda and it's just a whole thing that I'm way too stupid to go into
so yeah, jesus is cool. maybe i'll find something to put up but i doubt anything i can buy online will match what the church does every year some churches get real people to stand outside dressed up and shit
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Santa's like... so there's like three stages of Santa I guess?? first of all he was a real bishop who eventually got canonized as a Saint and he was known for his generosity and resurrecting a trio of dead boys from pickle barrels and wanting to fistfight like everyone he disagreed with back in the old religion days
then he sort of got co-opted into this spirit of generosity who brings gifts to children. in some countries he like, puts snacks and stuff in shoes?? so parents use Santa as sort of 'if you're a bad kid you won't get presents because you're being watched and evaluated' thing and some people upped their game by hiring a tiny elf doll to spy on their kids
and then in his ultimate form you've got this weird duality of this whole generous gift-bringer but also a huge Capitalism Thing where people shill stuff with Santa on it or use Santa to sell soda and it's just a whole thing that I'm way too stupid to go into
so yeah, jesus is cool. maybe i'll find something to put up but i doubt anything i can buy online will match what the church does every year
some churches get real people to stand outside dressed up and shit