Khloe Kardashian recently released Christmas, or "Xmas" as she called it, themed clothing. Among these overly priced items that look like cheap hoodies you buy from a sketchy website for $2.00 was a hoodie that read "Santa is a woman."
Interesting concept. Discuss.
Maybe it is just me, but I have never seen this before. The closest thing I have heard was Ariana Grande singing "God is a woman." So, I wanted to see what other people thought. After a simple Google search, I was shocked at the number of websites and bloggers all talking about Santa as a female.
I mean why does Mrs. Claus have to be in the kitchen all day making cookies? At her age, she is probably part of a book club or spending time with her grandkids. We all know that she also has to be doing a lot of the work behind the scenes to make Christmas possible for children all around the world. A man wouldn't know the difference between a Barbie doll and an American Girl doll, let alone the different kinds of dolls from each brand.
There has to be a woman behind the scenes doing all the technical work while Santa comes out one night a year and gets all the credit.
Obviously, I am being satirical. But here are my serious thoughts.
Santa is this person we do not see and we do not know. We have taken this and applied our own interpretations. Growing up, my dad collected black Santas, so I was never set in thinking that Santa has to be a white man and that was it. Santa could be a man or woman of any color, shape, or size, and it doesn't change a thing. He or she is still the spirit of the holidays. You are still going to wake up to presents Christmas morning. Santa is just someone who puts on a red suit, loves cookies, and has one job of making others happy.
When is the last time any of us went out of our way to make someone happy if there wasn't any incentive?
This doesn't have to be a situation where we say, "this generation wants to force change on innocent children" or anything like that. After the negative responses to the lesbian kiss at the Macy's Day Parade, I think we need to make the message clear. This isn't about making Santa a woman. This is about showing that Santa could be a man, woman, or unicorn and it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter what society wants to call the person in a red suit. The important thing is it does not matter who or what Santa is, this is someone who puts a smile on children's faces, makes dreams come true, and most importantly brings families together on Christmas morning.
We need to worry less about the title someone has and more about who they are. Oddly enough, the idea of Santa being a woman is how we are learning this lesson.
