Santa was a smoker!

[Bluebear]

Have at it!

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The impact of what American's have lost in the age of political correctness may not be comprehended as one full blow, it may be instead the slow erosion of attrition. Florence Huffmaster and her innocent collection of Santa's are perhaps a close-up snapshot of a much larger picture.

Santa Clauss is rarely depicted with a pipe anymore. Huffmaster has noticed the increasing scaricity of pipe-smoking Santas. She's been collection Santa's with pipes for about 12 years. “They are really getting scarce. I'd say the last three years it's really getting to be an occasion to fine one,” said Huffmaster...

Huffmaster said friends and family members keep a lookout for the jolly fellows, but it's become harder and more special to present Huffmaster with a new item for her collection. “I think it's political correctness. They don't want to show Santa smoking.” said Huffmaster...

“The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath,” are the words written above Huffmaster's Santas with pipes collection. The librarians at DeMotte Library made a beautiful display and printed a banner with the words of the poem, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas to hang above the collection.

http://www.kvpostnews.com/articles/2006/12/14/news/features/feature01.txt

[ComerPerro]

1. can't wait till smokers jump all over this and use it as proof

that smokers can live long lives.

[seabeyond]

12. or for the nonsmokers to jump on a smokers ass...... n/t

[valerief]

21. Only if they're imaginary. nt

[ComerPerro]

22. well, and at least Santa was smart enough to quit, unlike many

[Bake]

24. CP, I'll bet you could actually be more condescending

If you'd just give it a little effort.

Bake

[Kelly Rupert]

28. You want condescending?

"Santa chose to quit, unlike the retards who still think sucking the addictive poison Altria pushes and stinking up every room they walk into is a great fucking idea."

That's condescending. The post above was simply a statement of fact. The representation of Santa no longer smokes, while many people still do.

[wakeme2008]

2. And his hot coco had a nice spike in it too

:rofl:

[mitchum]

3. So was Mr Potato Head!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Santa used to have an arch nemesis- The Krampus.

He used to do horrible things to naughty children.

Santa constantly evolves. I see no reason why he needs a pipe.

[Bluebear]

8. I think he quit after much nagging from the Mrs.

Just a guess.

[Suziq]

17. Or Santa Read . . .

all the anti-smoking threads here on DU! :evilgrin:

:smoke:

[WI_DEM]

5. yep Santa likes to puff on his pipe, he likes a little spiked eggnog (I know

because I always leave him some on Christmas Eve and when I get up--it's gone!) and he also likes to eat, you can tell by his stomach which rolls like a bowl full of jelly.

[jgraz]

6. Dude...you think that was TOBACCO?

Why the hell do you think he was always so jolly?

[Left Is Write]

7. So was Frosty. Remember the corncob pipe?

[onehandle]

9. So was Dean Martin. nt

[WI_DEM]

11. Sinatra and the rest of the rat packers too,

[onehandle]

27. I mentioned Dean Martin, because like Santa, he reminds me of Christmas.

Nice tunes from the man.

[TechBear_Seattle]

10. When I was a kid, in addition to milk and cookies...

We hung a "Thank you for not smoking" sign for Santa. The custom started, so legend tells, when my dad's oldest sister asked her parents why she couldn't smell Santa's pipe come Christmas morning, seeing as how the smell of Uncle John's pipe would linger for days. The response was a stern look from my grandmother, who said that Santa knew her feelings about smoking in the house and was too polite to light up. The next year, Pat made a sign to remind Santa (she didn't want him to get into trouble) and a family tradition was born. :rofl:

[Bluebear]

13. 'grandmother, who said that Santa knew her feelings about smoking in the house'

That is a totally charming story!

[TechBear_Seattle]

26. You never met my dad's mom

She was a no-nonsense, stern, lead-from-the-front woman whose word was law. And that was with the grandkids! I expect my Aunt Pat had Santa's best interests at heart.

(My grandmother was also one of the most patient and liberal -- in all senses of the word -- people I've had the priviledge to know. Probably from being both the daughter of Nebraska pioneers and the holder of a Masters Degree in Education, earned in the mid 1930s when very, very few women went to college.)

[dflprincess]

14. Ahh, but as was asked by

Arlo Gutherie or John Prine (can't remember which) - what's in the pipe that he's smoking?

[itsmesgd]

15. per Cheech and Chong's "Santa and his old Lady"

Chong: how does he make the reindeer fly around the world in one night?
Cheech: it's the magic dust
Chong: oh, the magic dust
Cheech: he gives some to the reindeer, some to santa clause, some to the elves, some more to santa clause, some more to santa clause....

[BoneDaddy]

16. The fact that we are

even having a debate on whether or not smoking Santa's trump whatever point people are trying to make on this issue is a sad, pathetic statement.

Leave people and their choices alone.

[Bluebear]

18. Fine, it's sad and pathetic.

But nobody's point has been trumped. please don't tell me that people on both sides of the debate have not gotten their points across in about 18 threads and 4 languages. :0

[BoneDaddy]

19. You misunderstand

I agree with you. I don't think it is a winnable argument.

[Bluebear]

20. Sorry friend

:toast:

And you are right, it is certainly not winnable, but that is not stopping folks from going on and on and on about it, eh?

[BoneDaddy]

23. The great dance

hehe, round and round.
Cheers.

[walldude]

29. Sadly I started yet another smoking thread

only because I was fed up and knew that if I had just added to one of the 7000 current threads it would have never been read. With all thats going on in the world I have to come to DU and be called a dirtbag because I smoke. Pathetic and sad is right :toast:

[Jack Rabbit]

25. Ha, ha! Caught in the act

Santa Claus by Thomas Nast
from the St. Nicholas Center

[KansDem]

30. A more recent picture...

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

31. I'm going to lock this.

Sorry, but we've had enough threads about smoking for today.

best,
wakemeupwhenitsover
DU Moderator