Originally posted Nov 07
Here’s another quality article that has appeared on yahoo news.
“Santas in Australia’s largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas’s traditional “ho ho ho” greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.
Sydney’s Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say “ha ha ha” instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.
One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use “ho ho ho” because it could frighten children and was too close to “ho”, a US slang term for prostitute.
“Gimme a break,” said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids.
“We are talking about little kids who do not understand that “ho, ho, ho” has any other connotation and nor should they,” she told the Telegraph.
“Leave Santa alone.”
A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was “misleading” to say the company had banned Santa’s traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.”
Has the world gone mad? It seems that those bored people who have nothing better to do than think of ridiculous ways to alter tradition in favour of political correctness, aren’t confined to this country.
Our former colony seems to harbour similar individuals and their latest pearl of wisdom is aimed at dear ole Santa.
This Julie Gale seems to have hit the nail on the head so there isnt much more for me to add although I will say so far i’ve heard no reports it in this country.
One thing that does spring to mind though is children aren’t allowed to sit on Santa’s knee anymore (this has been the case for a number of years i know). Apparently this is to deter Paedophilia, a massive issue of course, but i think it benefits the Santa too!
I mean, you have to have the patience of a saint and a heart of gold to put up with screaming, whining, spoilt kids for several hours (there will be some lovely kids mixed in obviously), but to not have them sat in your lap will ease the burden of these men. I’m sure their isn’t a Santa out there who would miss the squirming, non toilet trained critters on their knees.
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