Happy New Year! Here we are at the beginning of a brand new start. Along with the resolutions I usually make, I try to use January to clean up the clutter left over from the previous year.
So here's a bit of clutter from 2013 we're going to get out of the way first thing. What color is Santa Claus?
Fox News' Megyn Kelly took a lot of heat for telling the truth -- Santa Claus is white. "Oh No," all the PC folks cried. Santa can be any color. Kathleen Parker says it should come as no surprise that, as demographics shift, "so do cultural icons." Does that mean that George Washington can be Asian or black or Mexican? How about George Washington Carver? Can we make him white? The response to that is that Santa is a mythical figure, so we can make him whatever we want to. So can we make the Grinch red instead of green? How about Uncle Remus? Can we make him Swedish?
The fact of the matter is that our Santa Claus was brought to America by the Dutch as Sinterklass. He is, therefore, white. If you want a black guy or a Mexican who brings gifts, have at it, but he will not be Santa Claus.
Now that we have that out of the way, I'm looking forward to an un-PC year!
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