By Atlas Al
Origin of Santa
That’s right, even Flagging Headquarters has succumbed to good Old St. Nick. In a December 23, 2008 article called Santa a Canadian, declares citizenship minister, Jason Kenney, the Canadian minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, said in an official statement, “The Government of Canada wishes Santa the very best in his Christmas Eve duties and wants to let him know that, as a Canadian citizen, he has the automatic right to re-enter Canada once his trip around the world is complete.” But wait, there’s more. The Canadian government has “proof” of the Origin of Santa and that he’s Canadian:
- Santa’s outfit is red and white like Canada’s flag.
- NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) has been tracking Santa’s trips for the last 50 years and says he always starts somewhere in the Canadian Arctic. (Track Santa for yourself at www.noradsanta.org)
- In 2007, Canada Post claimed to have processed nearly 1.2 million letters from children all over the world who sent letters to Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada H0H 0H0.
Santa Claus’s Flag
Drøbak in Norway; Uummannaq in Danish Greenland; the Swedish town of Mora; the Russian town of Veliky Ustyug; Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland; the Canadian Arctic; what is Santa Claus’s Flag? If the Finnish Santa Claus gets less mail than the Canadian Santa Claus, should that determine where Santa comes from?
According to the Age-to-Flag Determination Theory, it doesn’t really matter where Santa is living these days or where his base of operations are. What matters is where Santa grew up before moving to one of the above mentioned countries.
Whether you call him Santa Claus, Santa Nick, Father Christmas, St Nicholas, St Nick, Kris Kringle, Sinterklaas, Pere Noel, or Father Frost, the chances of finding Santa Claus (let alone knowing where he comes from) are about the same as finding Osama bin Laden. Yes, really.
I don’t really care where Santa comes from because everyone knows he’s not real (I found out when I was 3 years old; I didn’t get my Transformers walkie-talkies like I wanted). Isn’t it amusing how people — in particular, government officials — actually claim Santa Claus as one of their own? I’ll let you decide for yourselves. And if any of you ladies catch Santa sneaking down your chimney to give you a special present, please post a comment here regarding his flag status.
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