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Jesus and Santa from Catholic Media House on Vimeo.

The only way I can take Santa… is if Will Ferrell is Santa. Will Ferrell makes any fake holiday icon better.

Yes, it’s that time of year again to laugh at poor children traumatized by the red and white  Harbinger of the Holidays.

Here are two amusing sites of kids freaked out by Mr. Ho Ho Ho! I’m not sure what’s worse, the fact that these kids are freaked out or the fact that these pictures are immortalized to forever taunt them well past childhood. Enjoy!

Scared by Santa 1

Scared by Santa 2

Ahhh, the Chri$tma$ $ea$on is in full swing and I’m so, so excited – because it’s all about Jesus, right?!?

I know we [Christians] are supposed to be mad because everyone is calling it the politically correct “Holiday Season,” but Jesus hasn’t been a part of Christmas in this country for a long, long time. Let’s embrace the trend and not call it Christmas. I vote that we rename it MEmas. That’s way more appropriate anyway. Did Jesus come to this earth for tree shaped cookies and Santa? We’ve lost the point.

With this dosage of holiday cheer, I bring you a new word that applies to this season (from Daniel Schultz).

Faithiness – (n) 1. Act or quality of valuing appearance of faith more than actual faith.

2. Massive oversimplification of religious belief, theology, etc., in order to create bland, inoffensive or superficial faith.

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Ever think of it? With just the move of the letter “N” Santa becomes Satan. Mythologically they both embody the color red. Coincidence? I think not.

 And as I look over all that is Christmas this year, I see less and less of Christ. We should just go ahead and take his name out of the thing. We’ll call it Mas. In Spanish, ‘mas’ means MORE and that’s really what this season has become about. We want more! And more and more!

Here’s my idea, let’s chuck the whole idea of Christmas. It’s silly to devote only one day out of the year to think about Christ anyways. Let’s think of him every day! Think of what he’s done for us! Why can’t we feel a “joy of the season” all year long!

So when you see Santa this year and he’s saying “Ho, Ho, Ho!” Remember what Craig Gross says, “If Satan’s (or Santa) a Pimp, don’t be his Hoe, Hoe, Hoe!”