Bad Santa Gay Santa Good Children

[joggerjayne]

Logically, we know Santa can't get round the whole world in one night on 24 December.

So he does a few countries early.

In Switzerland, they have Santa on 6 December. But ...

He doesn't fly in with reindeer from the North Pole. He lives in a cottage in the woods, and has a donkey. And ...

There's a guy who comes with him called Schmutzli. Schmutzli lives with Santa in the cottage in the woods, so they are presumably lovers.

Schmutzli is like a dark Santa, dressed in black. If children have been naughty, they don't just get fewer presents ... Schmutzli puts them in his sack and takes them back to the woods.

That would be like being kidnapped by Jimmy Savile. But with dark hair. And a beard. So, if you ever wonder why Swiss kids are so well behaved ... !

Maybe, in time, the tradition of Bad Santa might catch on over here? If you see someone shuffling around the back streets of Brighton in a false beard and a black Santa suit, pointing at kids and saying "You'd better have been REALLY good this year!" ... it could be me!

This bit of Christmas jollity was brought to you by ... jjhappychristmas.com

[albaqwerty]

Doubt if the idea would catch on.
The little darlings already have the bogey man plus the threat of you'd better be good or santa won't come.

However, if you want to dress us as bad Santa, then I won't object!! :-D

[joggerjayne]

I'll think about it.

[Ratty2E]

I quite like the idea of the Yule Lads from Iceland,they put rotten potatoes in your shoes if you've been naughty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Lads
With names like Spoon licker, sausage swiper and door sniffer I think they could be interesting.

[woofgang]

I really really do not like the idea of linking any kind of Santa to Jimmy Saville and his ilk who are not gay but just plain evil.

[joggerjayne]

Bad Santa is supposed to be evil. That's the point of him.

:0)

[Old_Geezer]

Would they wear a JS mask ?

[Mosaic]

In Holland Santa's helper is Black Piet who is dressed like a pantomime Tudor pageboy with a vaudeville-style black face. He is a multiple entity - you might have an entire busload of Black Piets.
Children are encouraged to draw nice pictures and write pleasant notes for Santa which they leave in their shoes at bedtime.
Sinterklaas and his helper(s) put presents and sweet poems in the shoes of good children, and a piece of coal in the shoes of bad children.

[joggerjayne]

// a piece of coal in the shoes of bad children //

... which is okay if they have an open fire at home.

[woofgang]

jayne, i still think the JS analogy well beyond the pale.

[redman41]

All the best for Xmas JJ, hope Santa brings you everything you desire !
Good health in 2014 ! :-)

[boxtops]

Interesting, JJ, but your comparison with JS is really unacceptable. A horrible thing to bring into an otherwise interesting post.

[Svejk]

Logically,smogically. Of course he goes around the world in one night cos he's magic.
How else do we get our presents??