Can it possibly be other than monstrously
sacrilegious to deliberately and with
malice aforethought spurn and abuse a
child's trust in the sublime, ineffable
presence on this blighted Earth of an
avuncular, red-cheeked, white-bearded
elf who arrives bearing as many gifts as
children's greed can visualize as Christmas
paradise? Furious with the pretense of an
annual celebration of human capriciousness
the bishop extols the virtues of poverty-
sensitive St.Nicholas whose persona Santa
has taken under false pretenses. And when
a child scolds the bishop defending Santa
since his parents assured him the jolly red
elf is absolutely real, he is sent home by said
bishop with a message: your parents lied to you.
Can the world stand by without reaction as
this atrocity occurs leaving children grief-
stricken and disbelieving? Heaven only knows.
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