Whoo, have you seen this yet?

[spatch]

If not, you should.

Jack Chick takes on Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

For reals.

Comments

[del-the-psycho.livejournal.com]

The funny part is that's the exact reason my parents never fooled around with telling us about the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus and all that other stuff. (Read: didn't want us discrediting God and Jesus as another fairy tale.) There was no middle man; it was just, "Your tooth falls out, we'll give you a dollar. We are the ones who buy your presents, but you should be good anyways, because we need a break, you hellions."

That's a hilarious extreme, though. Santa's not real?!? I! BUH! GUH! I...WILL DESTROY EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!!!

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

It's hilariously OTT--the kid learns Santa isn't real and IMMEDIATELY GOES ON A KILLING SPREE.

What's even funnier is that (speaking from personal experience) if you're the one kid on the block who doesn't literally believe in Santa Claus, it's pretty good practice for being the only atheist in your class later on.

My parents were pretty well lapsed from religion by the time it became an issue, and they played the games but decided they'd tell me it was all just pretend if asked straight out. That worked out pretty well, to my mind.

I think one problem a lot of adults have is that they've forgotten the distinction between pretending and lying, so they think that any imaginary game has to be drawn out into a passionately defended literal belief system. Kids understand the difference--they know how to play.

[cheezdanish.livejournal.com]

I...cannot...get the trees right DAMN I WILL DESTROY EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.