The Hijacking of Christmas is Complete

The American retail industry has finally completed its takeover of Christmas.

The first sign was when the Christmas advertisements started showing up before Thanksgiving. Now it starts before Halloween.

The next indication was when it became politically incorrect to use the word "Christmas" in public. The term "holidays" came into vogue to ensure that the shopping orgy was all-inclusive.

Depending on where you live, you may have witnessed the last nail in the Christmas coffin - the black Santa. Surely this bit of insanity sprung fully formed from the brain of some mall manager or corporate marketing minion.

I can't believe the black Santa is the brain child of intelligent, free-thinking African-Americans. I don't understand why the Black community would tolerate such racist pandering.

A touch of history: Santa Clause has his origins in Saint Nicholas, a White European of the third century. After becoming the patron saint of Russia, Nicholas lore spread throughout Europe.

The red suit has its origins in bishop's robes and the current depiction of Santa comes from Haddon Sundblom's paintings that were commissioned by Coca-Cola in 1931.

The history and tradition of Santa Clause is much more than can be covered in a blog. The point is, up until the last few years, Santa has always been an old, White man. He is not Black, he is not Hispanic, he is not Asian, and he is not Jewish.

Why confuse the little children with conflicting images of the Jolly Old Elf? Leave the old guy alone, he is doing the best he can as a front man to peddle your cheap Chinese crap.