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Message of Christmas Marred by Violent Santa Displays - Tue, Dec 13, 2005
New York, New York, December 13, 2005
Special to The Raving Atheist
A holiday display outside a Manhattan brownstone depicting a bloody-bearded Santa holding a knife in one hand, and a severed doll's head shooting blood from the eyes sockets in the other, has provoked anger from parents who fear the gory display will traumatize their children.
The outrage is the latest in a series around the nation, including one last week in Miami beach in which a blindfolded Santa was hanged from a tree, a noose around his neck and his arms and legs bound with wire.
"Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of a sweet baby, sent to earth to be beaten, whipped, scourged and impaled on a cross with rough spikes splintering the bones of his hands and feet," said Donna Rossi, the mother of two. "Why are they trying to destroy the meaning of the holiday by exposing our kids to brutal executions involving mythical characters?"
"This is blasphemy," agreed Father Thomas Mallory, standing in front of an icon of the Virgin Mary miraculously shooting blood from her eye sockets like a South American horned lizard. "The gentle Yuletide message, for which Christ's flesh was flayed and pierced so that we all may now wash it down with His blood at Communion, is not served by these unholy displays."
The owner of the Manhattan exhibit, Joel Krupnik, claimed that he was merely protesting the commercialization of the Christmas season. "The moneychangers must be cast out of the Temple," he said. Scoffing at this excuse, Rossi suggested that she wouldn't be surprised if an angry, violent mob "decided to teach that crazy Jew a good lesson."
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Bwahahahahha. It's posts like these that keep me coming back.
[Edit] December 13, 2005
Haha! Such a good laugh in the morning. What's even better is that they just don't know.
[Edit] December 13, 2005
I didn't know that south American horned lizards could shoot blood from their eye sockets.
Every day I learn something new.....
[Edit] December 13, 2005
I'm crying from laughing so hard. Deliciously wicked satire.
[Edit] December 13, 2005
"The gentle Yuletide message, for which Christ's flesh was flayed and pierced so that we all may now wash it down with His blood at Communion, is not served by these unholy displays."
D'ya think Pop Mallory would find this, more ancient, Yuletide tradition more in line with his idea of "holy"?
Yep. I've always said there ain't nothin' like tradition.
Cherry Mistmas y'all!
(and a Slurpy New Year!)
[Edit] December 13, 2005
Gosh, RA, why do you hate Christmas? All us Christian folks are asking is for every department store, public school, and governmental entity to recognize Christian holidays above all others, and remind all Americans that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. And it sure seems like people of your breed need some reminding! And saving!
[Edit] December 13, 2005
Gosh, RA, why do you hate Christmas?
Jill,
You know very well that it's women I really hate. My problem with Christmas is that all the energy wasted imposing its symbolism on everything could better be spent enforcing oppressive misogynistic theocratic policies.
Now get back to studying.
[Edit] December 14, 2005
HA HA - I can't wait for the nativity scene where Joseph is BANGING Mary screaming "Virgin Birth --- what %#@%^&$% virgin birth ?!?"
Mwahahahaha ! I love it!
[Edit] December 14, 2005
Are we sure that this isn't part of the war on Christmas? The Atheologist thinks that it might be.
http://atheologist.blogspot.com/
[Edit] December 14, 2005
I found a pic of creepy Santa.
[Edit] December 14, 2005
I've been laughing my rear off about this. Does anyone know the address of the display? I want to get some pics before they lynch the owner. BTW: I've provided a link to the pic and to your story on my own blog: "God Is Bunk!" Thanks for the belly laugh.
-- George
[Edit] December 14, 2005
George,
The first link says East 18th Street in Manhattan.
[Edit] December 14, 2005
the thing that's so disappointing is that the actual image doesn't really meet the standard of the more phantasmagorical description. it looks like something a 7th grader came up with. i mean, they can afford a 3-million-dollar brownstone but all they can come up with is some red fingernail polish and a cut-n-curl dummy noggin from the local beautician's supply? sheesh. if you're going to display a severed head at the hands of satan, i mean santa, then for pete's sake at least go down to the butcher and get a real live gored out lamb's head or something worthwhile. put a little fricking effort into it already. it's CHRISTMAS!
[Edit] December 15, 2005
Making a political point by exposing disturbing images to 4 & 5 year children who deserve to enjoy Christmas while they're young is just so cool.
[Edit] December 15, 2005
Its just as bad as the SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT MOVIEs with the ax weilding santa some people have the most sickist tastes
[Edit] December 15, 2005
... at least go down to the butcher and get a real live gored out lamb's head or something worthwhile. put a little fricking effort into it already. it's CHRISTMAS!
Absolutely!!! Good call.
[Edit] December 15, 2005
Making a political point by exposing disturbing images to 4 & 5 year children who deserve to enjoy Christmas while they're young is just so cool.
I agree. This is why we need to get rid of all that bloody corpse nailed to a tree bullshit, so kids can finally enjoy Easter and its cuddly bunny mascot without all the warping horror-show irritations.
[Edit] December 16, 2005
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