{"id":7212,"date":"2013-12-25T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T12:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2013-12-27T11:42:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T10:42:54","slug":"jesus-and-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=7212","title":{"rendered":"Jesus and Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2013\/12\/santa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7222 aligncenter\" alt=\"stbarths (24 of 27)\" src=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2013\/12\/santa-500x375.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2013\/12\/santa-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2013\/12\/santa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2013\/12\/santa-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2013\/12\/santa.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I find it surprising how Santa was so successful at eclipsing Jesus in his home turf: Christmas. This is not the case everywhere but very widespread. \u00a0To understand how strong the displacement has been, think of how many Christmas movies have Jesus as their main character vs all the ones that have Santa. Inadvertently replacing the protagonist made Christmas more palatable for Atheists, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims and all other non Christians to celebrate. I guess Santa broadened the market and simplified\/commercialized the message: if you&#8217;ve been a good child you get a gift, end of story. This got private enterprise behind Santa and the church somehow lost terrain. It also made it possible for non Christians not to antagonize their own children and celebrate a Christmas that was not only for Christians anymore, which made non Christian children very happy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=7212\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find it surprising how Santa was so successful at eclipsing Jesus in his home turf: Christmas. This is not the case everywhere but very widespread. \u00a0To understand how strong the displacement has been, think of how many Christmas movies have Jesus as their main character vs all the ones that have Santa. 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