As a kid I never believed in Santa Claus. I grew up super poor. My parents wanted to make for darn sure I knew they bought every gift. I don’t blame them. The alternative is believing Santa loves rich kids more.
As an adult I’ve grown increasingly cynical of Christmas. Not the spirit of it so much. More the execution. I don’t understand why showing each other we care has to manifest itself in consumerism.
I’m a grown man. I’ll buy my own synthesizer if I want one. Heck, I might just go and build one.
I do like the idea of Santa being real though and being… Perhaps a little different than what we imagine. If Santa were to let loose and be… gasp human? What would that look like?
Would he get burned out? Would he spend hours on the phone arguing over Playstation 5 supply issues? Would, maybe, one year the world get to him and he just give up?
I dunno… This is getting way too deep. Go buy some crap for others. Hope others give you the crap you wanted. Merry Christmas.