Shannon Mckelden admitted in her comments to me that she hates being Santa.

I must admit, she’s not alone. I haven’t been a big fan of playing Santa. The whole keeping secrets thing, false hope thing, disappointment when Santa had no money and couldn’t even afford the lump of coal for your sock thing….

Not to mention having to stay up later than the kids in order to put the Santa gifts out. Huh. I’m almost old. I shouldn’t have to stay up past my bed times just to make the young’uns happy. It’s my Christmas, too.

Yeah, so anyway, now I’m wondering if maybe it’s not a coincidence that Santa is Satan’s anagram. (look ma! a big word from junior high english!)

Could this be the only way Beelzebub could wrangle an invite to Baby Jesus’ birthday party?

Seems awful suspicious to me.

OH. MY. GOD.

So my tongue was perfectly planted in my cheek when I made my Santa/Satan comment…cuz I totally don’t believe it but think it’s kinda funny that they are like, anagrams. (look ma! I used that big word again. And properly!)

Anyway, I thought it would be funny to google Satan Santa and so I did. I wanted a picture of santa with horns or something. See, like this one…
But my google search brought up sooooo much more. Did you know people really believe Satan and Santa are the same because they are anagrams? (woohoo! 3 times, ma!) Really? I mean, really?

Look at this quote from one of the sites*:

So talk to your children before it is too late! Tell them that Santa is no kindly old man; he is an evil demon. And next time your family sees some propped up gin-soaked vagrant in a Mall wearing a red suit with white furry cuffs, set a good example and witness for the other deluded people waiting in line. Loudly, rebuke him! Announce to all the children in the store “Not only is Santa a lie, he will ravage you sexually, drink your blood and drag your palpating carcasses down to Hell with him!” It is only through setting a good example that we can put the Christ back in Christmas.

Are you freaking kidding me? Seriously? Telling the kids that Santa is a vampire rapist with a first class ticket on the handbasket to hell is putting the Christ back in Christmas? Really?

I’m laughing so hard right now, I think I peed a little.

*Edited to add:

This is from a satirical site: Landoverbaptist.org and I quoted it cuz it summed up the absurdity of Santa being Satan perfectly.

However, if you want some sites who do believe Santa is Santa, just google it. Amazing. Truly. See, I guess I’m still a little naïve…