"There is no Father Christmas."

December 15, 2000 3:41 PM

"There is no Father Christmas." What?!
posted by 120degrees (8 comments total)

No spoiler warning?
posted by harmful at 3:59 PM on December 15, 2000

Yeah, no kidding. Here I am, innocently opening up Metafilter, and BOOM!! Twenty one years worth of Christmas dreams, shattered.

Heh. Okay. Not really.
posted by annathea at 4:33 PM on December 15, 2000

Next you're going to tell me there's no such thing as Mother Nature, Father Time, Mother Goose, Uncle Sam, Aunt Tenna, Brother Lee Love and Sister Sledge...
posted by wendell at 4:39 PM on December 15, 2000

You better be careful with that Father Christmas stuff. Seems I remember Bill Bryson claiming that his sister, upon hearing that Santa Claus didn't exist, also stopped believing in the exisitence of the Easter Bunny, Indians, and bears.
posted by bird_on_a_wire at 5:28 PM on December 15, 2000

At least I can still look forward to the completely real athleticism of professional wrestling.
posted by solistrato at 6:23 PM on December 15, 2000

Yeah, that jolly bearded fat man coming down the chimney is Nick Foley...

Yeeesh!
posted by wendell at 10:36 PM on December 15, 2000

C'mon now. Everyone knows that bears and indians are myths created by republicans to keep the working class in line.
posted by tomorama at 10:57 PM on December 15, 2000

C'mon now. Everyone knows that bears and indians are myths created by republicans to keep the working class in line.


Actually, tomorama, they only did that with "God" and the "War on Drugs".
posted by Optamystic at 1:36 AM on December 16, 2000