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As an atheist who received a Catholic education, I think calling a Santa hat a religious symbol is a stretch - Saint Nicholas is generally not depicted or descr
by ch_123 7y ago
As an atheist who received a Catholic education, I think calling a Santa hat a religious symbol is a stretch - Saint Nicholas is generally not depicted or described as wearing a "Santa" outfit. It's really more of a Western culture symbol rather than anything.
I agree with the assessment of some of the other posts that the guy who opened the issue is either trolling, or has made an attempt at satire that was taken too seriously.
- maxerickson 7y agoIf you want to analyze it that way, it's a secular Christian symbol, not a Western symbol. There's plenty of westerners that don't do the Christmas.
- laumars 7y agoSanta's red outfit was designed as part of a Coka Cola promotion. So I think the GP is more actuate saying it's a western symbol. Whether some westerners choose not to celebrate Christmas is kind of moot. I don't celebrate Halloween but there's still no disputing some of the traditions are modern regional twists.
- maxerickson 7y agoThe marketing was aimed directly at the group described by secular Christian, I don't see how the fact that it originated as marketing changes anything.
- zaarn 7y agoSanta is more of a US symbol really, other countries have different represenations (Germany for example has baby jesus, literally, and the only reason we have santa is lazy US companies not wanting to reprint)