As the 25th of December draws near, NORAD has begun promoting their “Santa Tracker” feature. Â It’s a fun little gimmick that adds a little fun into the lives of parents and young children.
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), takes a little time out of their vigilant watch of the Northern Skies for signs of hostility and uses a fraction of their tracking abilities to keep tabs on the frozen North’s most famous resident. Â It’s all in good fun. Â They even put an ad up to promote it.
But, surprise! Â It sparked outrage! Â The CGI rendering of Santa’s trip showed our giving him (gasp!) a fighter escort! Â Can you imagine? Â Bastardizing Christmas this way? Â Introducing the specter of those men and women who diligently defend our nation beside such a sacred image as Santa?
The same crowd that defends certain, shall we say, adult concepts in the classroom of even the youngest children have somehow become the hand-wringers worried that somehow the impressionable tykes might be “recruited”.
Impressionable? Â I guess they want to have it both ways.
Of course, Coke can use Santa for Commercial purposes without any hand-wringing.
One prominent nutbar even promoted his environmental agenda by appealing to children’s fears that Santa’s workshop would be flooded in a particularly vile and underhanded fundraising ploy.
I guess these people are just looking out for us. Â They want to be sure we keep the Santa in Santamas, I suppose. Â They’re jealously guarding the REAL meaning of December 25th, now aren’t they?
