I got yet another interesting catalog in the mail.
Seriously people, if this keeps up, I’m going be doing a post on craptastic catalogs every week from now until Christmas. Really, I am simply in awe of how much fascinating and/or unusual STUFF is available on our little planet.
Anyway, the name of the most recent catalog does not matter, even though it was chock full of so very many things that demanded my commentary.
But it all paled when I feasted my eyes upon this:
Your eyes are not messing with you. That is in fact Santa praying to the little baby Jesus. And fully electrified, to boot.
Even I — as a born-again Evangelical Agnostic — find it to be a bit offensive.
That’s bad enough, but here’s the accompanying text:
Kneeling Santa Yard Display expresses the true focus of Christmas.
I swear I am not making this up.
I was going to just rip this apart for your benefit, but then decided that you all will be far more expressive. And, really, I should give you more voice here.
So have at it.
Haha. That’s just… sad. Either it was designed by someone who has no idea what the true meaning of Christmas is… or they just wanted to merge their two favourite people.
I mean, why stick to just a lit up Santa, or baby Jesus, when you can combine both into a truly creepy play on the manger scene… apparently replacing Mary and Joseph as his parents with Santa. Afterall, everyone knows that Jesus’ real daddy is Santa. No seriously, that’s what this will teach little kids. Forget God… forget Mary and Joseph. Jesus was raised at the North Pole by Santa and Mrs Claus….. and their pet lamb.
It really just makes me want to laugh uncontrollably.
OMG, that is SO disturbing!! I’m with Ree–laughing and laughing and laughing. I want to see whose yard this abomination shows up in? Next to Mary on the Half Shell??
If it wanted to show the true meaning of Christmas, it would have a yard display of bargain hunters on Black Friday. Nothing says Christmas more than a bunch of crazy people fighting over something that’s been reduced in price by $25 (seriously, last year I saw two women fighting over a Power Wheels. It was awesome).
And of course I’m kidding. This display is disturbing on so many levels.
This is called covering all your bases. Religious observance? Check. Awesome public spectacle light show? Check. Object of children’s dreams and affections? Check.Shameless, crass commercialism at its finest? Double check!! Tacky and low class.
Wow. Does one put that in the middle of the creche on their hearth?
Honestly? This just cracks me up. I find it a perfect portrayal of how screwed up our holidays have become.
And I know a few folks who would totally put this in their over the top lawn displays. Typically featuring a manger scene surrounded by multiple Santas, snowmen, the Grinch, and uncountable other gaudy bits. I’d love to see their electric bills…
Now granted Santa is really St. Nick who is a Saint but hmmm… no. Like Jacey said, this teaches the wrong thing to children.
Although it is funny.
“…a born-again Evangelical Agnostic” LOL That’s priceless!
Personally I am conflicted with Christmas. It was always my favorite holiday and very special, but I’ve found as I get older that it doesn’t have any real “meaning” to me, other than family and goodwill. I mean, we like to talk about the “true meaning of Christmas”, and how it’s supposed to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but that is all a farce. Jesus was born in October. It’s my understanding that Christmas was started originally by the Roman Catholic church to counter the pagan celebrations occurring around the 25th of Dec. It was all a ploy. And the Christmas that we celebrate today in America was started by some guy in the 1800s I think. He just missed Christmas from the old country, the merriment and goodwill and such, and started it back up again after it had been banned for centuries.
So, the older I get, the more confused I am by Christmas. But I still love it!
I’m wondering what they’d put out for Easter lawn ornaments: crucified Easter Bunnies? Inflatable ones that light up at night. The Santa/Jesus is at about the same creepyness level.
Crucified Easter bunnies!!! Ha ha ha!!!
O. M. G. My first thought is how many people would buy this?!!! But actually, I think it would be best if I didn’t know.