Notice how the media can’t help injecting government into the Santa Claus myth? From the creepy Elf on the Shelf spying on kids non-stop, NSA-style, to NASA offering its technology to help Santa deliver his toys, the International Space Station (ISS) substituting for Santa’s sleigh and reindeer, and the annual ritual of NORAD tracking Santa’s progress, we get the narrative of an all-seeing government, assuring us that nothing, not even a friendly children’s story, is beyond its reach.
Nationalization of Santa Claus
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