I mean the audacity and self righteousness lol it's so crazy it's funny.
I mean whatt?? There is the video in the link

‘Woke Santa’ Resigns ...Daily Wire

"Santa is heartbroken and crushed ... and turned in his resignation."

A mall Santa Claus in Illinois has resigned after video showing him tell a young boy he couldn’t have a Nerf gun for Christmas went viral.

The video showed the boy asking a mall Santa in Norridge, Illinois, for a Nerf gun, but Santa tells him, “No guns.”

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The boy apparently asked for a Nerf (Non-Expanding Recreational Foam) gun, according to his mother.

The Santa then pronounces, “Nope. No guns.”

The mother intercedes. “Nerf gun,” she explains.

The Santa, determined, continues, “Not even a Nerf gun.”

The young boy swivels in his chair to look at his mother with imploring eyes.

The Santa repeats, “Nope. If your dad wants to get it for you that’s fine but I can’t bring it to you, so what else would you like? Lots of other toys, there’s Legos, here’s bicycles, there’s cars and trucks.” The Santa prompts, “What do you think?” Then again, as the boy nervously fidgets, “What do you think?”

The boy starts to cry as his mom, holding his younger sibling, crosses to comfort him, saying, “It’s OK.”

As the young boy squeezes his hands into fists to rub away the tears, the Santa instructs, “Don’t cry.” The mother wraps her son in her arms as the Santa continues, “It’s OK.”

“My poor baby,” Sabella DeCarlo later wrote on Facebook about her son Michael. “This was the first year Michael was excited to go see Santa. It was supposed to be magical but instead I had to watch my sweet little boy fight back tears because Santa told him no because of his own personal beliefs. I had to think fast and explain to him that this Santa was just a helper and not the real guy. I just wanted to console my baby and get him out of there, flipping out on Santa would have only made it worse.”

The mall said it and the third-party Santa company they employ were “distraught and deeply apologetic” over the incident.

“Santa is heartbroken and crushed that he has made this child so sad and upset, and turned in his resignation,” the company wrote on Facebook. “The Santa company will continue to remind all Santa’s how important it is to not impose personal opinions during visits with the children.”

They should not even make those guns. That is not being woke that is being sane. And isn't this a P&R topic mod? lol.

2freaky4church1 said:

They should not even make those guns. That is not being woke that is being sane. And isn't this a P&R topic mod? lol.

DUDE!!!!

i'm sure you can make it pnr...

just start talkin about trump and jeezis

and how they would feel about it OR

get the one who posted this to change the title

statin "THIS AIN'T POLITICAL" that seems to work best...

2freaky4church1 said:

They should not even make those guns. That is not being woke that is being sane. And isn't this a P&R topic mod? lol.

This is about a Mall Santa telling a boy he cannot have a Nerf toy gun

EmmaMcG said:

I'm sure we're all old enough here to know how this works so I'm sorry if I ruin the illusion for some of you. This guy is not the real Santa Claus and has no business speaking for Him. How does this actor who has been hired to play Santa Claus know what the real Santa Claus will or won't deliver? Damn right he should resign. Having said that, maybe we're judging this "Santa" too harshly. Perhaps he'd just seen A Christmas Story and was worried that the child would shoot his eye out. Now that's another situation entirely and if that's the case, I think he's been hard done by.

Satan Claws

What about Covid.

I doubt the kid thinks Santa is real. All of what you said has nothing to do with the fact he was told he can have anything but what he wants. That can happen for a birthday party or other situations.

That this person took it upon himself to push his gun issues onto this kid, is the problem.

Nothing wrong with sitting a kid on Santa's lap. We did it and we knew there was no Santa. And I'm still going to watch the Santa Clause is Coming to Town cartoon

onlyforaminute said:

Never known such problems. As my parents did for me, my kids were never told santa was real. Never had to deal with tears and disappointment. Never had to do the whole standing in line to sit my kids on some strangers lap to ask for anything. They've expressed appreciated for that and have decided to passed on the tradition to their kids. Have enjoyed the holiday just fine without that bit.

[Edited 12/10/20 12:19pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

EmmaMcG said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I doubt the kid thinks Santa is real. All of what you said has nothing to do with the fact he was told he can have anything but what he wants. That can happen for a birthday party or other situations.

That this person took it upon himself to push his gun issues onto this kid, is the problem.

Nothing wrong with sitting a kid on Santa's lap. We did it and we knew there was no Santa. And I'm still going to watch the Santa Clause is Coming to Town cartoon

[Edited 12/10/20 12:19pm]

If I can be serious for a second, I wholeheartedly agree with this. It's not in Santa's place to push his own ideas on the child. There's a lot of different ways he could have handled the situation but unfortunately he opted for the worst possible option. Having said that, and this is probably more for the P&R forum but I don't see the issue with toy guns anyway. I'm anti-gun when it comes to real guns but the kid was only looking for a toy gun. What's the problem with that? Even I had a toy gun when I was small. My sister and I shooting the hell out of each other with toy guns are some of my fondest childhood memories. My brother had this cool looking revolver. Looked just like the real thing. Hours of fun playing with that thing. Good times.

He even took a condescending tone to the boy after saying he cannot have a gun. And the arrogance of telling his mother what he cannot have. I mean who was in fantasy land here lol

I learned how to shoot at a young age. My dad was in the military.

We had toy plastic guns. we have neon colored water guns. But when Star Wars hit the big screens it was all over from there. We had Luke Skywalkers laser guns and Han Solo's laser guns

I think we had one from Battle Star Galactica too

OldFriends4Sale said:

Hudson said:

We must declare war on Christmas.

...with nerf tanks and nerfliar warheads

Nerf jihad I am for.

OldFriends4Sale said:

WoW

2freaky4church1 said:

onlyforaminute said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

He even took a condescending tone to the boy after saying he cannot have a gun. And the arrogance of telling his mother what he cannot have. I mean who was in fantasy land here lol

I learned how to shoot at a young age. My dad was in the military.

We had toy plastic guns. we have neon colored water guns. But when Star Wars hit the big screens it was all over from there. We had Luke Skywalkers laser guns and Han Solo's laser guns

I think we had one from Battle Star Galactica too

Honestly while I can empathize with the parent at giving their child a carefree experience. A bigger part of me just sees an elderly person having to let go of a paying gig because a child couldn't handle being told no. I wasn't there and I don't know all the variables but I do know too many older people need extra income to make ends meet and life is full of disappointment this won't be that kid's last.

Nice try, but that Santa wasn't elderly. He was a millennial or Gen Z soy boy douchenozzle. You can tell by his voice. (Did you watch the video?)

Genesia said:

2freaky4church1 said:

onlyforaminute said:

I don't get the need to stir the pot. 99.9% of the orgers who have strong beliefs against guns have long left this place. I don't care what parents want to teach their child to believe never had a strong opinion about it but it used to be heated discussions here on such stuff. Again about 90% of those have left here. It's just weird to me to feel like getting someone to lose their job over something so arbitrary is some big win over something. It just seems petty to me. This isn't a positive story in keeping up holiday spirits. I really don't get the point.

I think you tipped the pot when you blamed the 4 yr old boy and his mother

OldFriends4Sale said:

As a department store Santa, you don't deliberately do something that might make a kid cry. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's Item 1 in the job description.

This loser quit before he was fired and/or doxxed. I'm not sure why you're defending his shitty behavior.

Genesia said: