What Does Global Warming Mean For Santa Claus?

One day, children will ask where Santa comes from, and "The North Pole" will no longer suffice.

Maybe. But let's hope not.

There are a myriad of reasons why global warming is bad. Sea levels will rise, endangered animals will lose their habitat and become extinct, climates will shift, et cetera. But I think Santa Claus is one of the points that people often overlook.

Yes, Santa Claus is everywhere, and maybe he isn't really a jolly old fat man with rosy cheeks, a dozen reindeer, and countless elfin helpers. But what will we tell our children, or our children's children if, tragically, the North Pole was gone. I know that if that happened, there would be far greater problems (like, say, the millions of people dying) but the magic of Christmas would be gone.

Christmas was never really a Catholic holiday. Some people say there's a war on Christmas, and that we (liberals) are "taking the Christ out of Christmas" but the fact is, Christ never was in Christmas-- we put him there. Like everything else in the Catholic religion, it was stolen annexed. Jesus wasn't born in December, it was more likely April. But when you are conquering people, it helps if you leave them the one thing they have left: traditions.

Christmas is about Santa, not Jesus. So what will parents tell children when his home no longer exists? Or, what will they think if they know we are slowly melting away his home while he and his elves work hard year round to bring us toys not made in China?

If for nothing else, we should take care of the environment for Santa; our progeny depends on us.

Merry Christmas.