Episode 8 - Fixing Santa

NOBODY’S PRODIGY

(Recorded at a slightly more pertinent time of year…)
As we grow older, and our years sweep by more quickly in retrospect, it can be easy to forget the precious windows of time that lay the groundwork for our most foundational life experiences. With decades behind us, it can seem harmless to neglect seasonal celebrations among a busy lifestyle. In so doing, however, we cede control over the very fabric of our cultures to forces with ulterior motives.
As adults, we are given power to define our traditions for a very short time. As parents, we are given control over the nuance of the experience that can even outweigh all other external opinion. With these gifts, and a bit of forethought, we can begin to reshape the threads of myth beneath events to bring about a more fulfilling expression.
Among all of the year’s milestone events, none is perhaps as manipulated, overhauled, and hijacked as that of Christmas. While the season’s events are a tangle of practices and beliefs, not themselves detrimental, there exists beneath them a greedy and materialistic streak that would do well to be ousted.
To this end, I put forth two subtle changes to the season, specifically concerning Santa, that I feel have such an impact. Small and simple, they require no great abandonment of norms. Yet ultimately they have the potential not only to add color and value to events, but also to become nuances of family lore moving forward.

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