My family is Jewish, so we (obviously) don’t believe in Mr. C, but due to the recent barrage of holiday movies (mainly The Polar Express), my little brother has a bit of ‘the magic’ in him. Today he brought up the whole idea of Santa Claus and his enterprise, saying this:<\/p>\n
“So is Santa the leader of the present factory?”<\/p>\n
And I replied “Yeah I guess,” (an easy way out of the conversation which would probably end in me telling him that Santa doesn’t exist). He thought about this for a minute, then said:<\/p>\n
“But in Polar Express, there’s that leader elf. So what if Santa is just the delivery boy?”<\/p>\n
That surprised me. I guess I never really thought about it, but it makes sense in a way. Why would the guy who leads all the elves bother delivering the presents himself? Why not get the elves to do it for him? The answer: The big C is actually employed to the elves, who are too small to deliver all the presents themselves. The big, jolly, red-suited man we’ve come to know and love is actually just the delivery boy for the elven empire!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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