Ha Ha Ha? Really?
November 15, 2007 · Print This Article
In Australia, street Santas are being encouraged to replace “ho ho ho!” with “ha ha ha!” You know, because all that deep “ho ho ho!”-ing scares the children? Not to mention the blatant sexist connotations inherent in the traditional phraseology?
Well, what a super idea!
Then again, potentially, any large man in a red velvet suit with a scraggly white beard could scare the bejeebies out of a child, especially when said child is coerced into sitting on the man’s lap while music with the lyrics “He sees you when you’re sleeping, he know’s when you’re awake…” blares in the background.
But that is totally beside the point. Belting out “ho ho ho!” at all those poor, unsuspecting children? All they want is a stinking candy cane, after all. Hey, that could totally damage a child’s psyche, that’s all I’m saying. GOSH.
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That’s just crazy talk. In any industrialized city in the world, you will find physically imposing men in loud, tacky suits, talking loudly to, our about, a ho. If those men want to give out candy to children, too . . .
Are you kidding me? I mean seriously….all this political correctness is now targeting Santa’s laugh?! Merry Christmas and Ho Ho Ho and Silent Night is all I have to say about that. Take that political correctness!
Santa and Satan have the exact same letters in their name…coincindence?
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