a friend sent me this link and I just had to share it. Apparantly there is a debate going on these days that Santa Claus needs to shape up and lose weight. The argument is that a fat Santa sends a bad message to children. Come on now. Get over it. Santa is fat. Check out the site.

From what I've seen Santa isn't depicted as fat in every country. He doesn't wear the same style clothes either. He's not white either. What if Santa were a 500 pound guy who basically had to lay down all day? There are a lot of people who are 300 pounds up nowadays. Why should Santa be so small? Why can't he be an obese tired huffing and puffing red-faced guy? Just a thought.

I was just talking to a Thai coworker about how Americans eat from Thanksgiving to Xmas to beyond New Year. The leftovers, office parties, and snacks brought in to the offices between holidays fill the gaps. It's holiday time. Time for chocolates, cakes, cookies, pies, eggnog, and loads of other sweets filled with white death. But fear not you have a chance to make a New Years Resolution to get fit once again. There's always hope.

I don't see why they make it such a big deal about Santa's image. He has always been a smiley, kind, big(fat) Santa who comes with the season. He's been around way longer than most of us here on earth with that weights he's carrying. If Santa gets in shape he won't be called Santa, will he? New Name: Hotshot Santa or Santa De Model??

Santa should be fat and jolly - it is satan that is thin (santa - satan!)