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Permalink Reply by Randall Smith on December 27, 2012 at 8:03am

Heck, I find Jesus--even Santa Claus--"monsters of folklore"!

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Permalink Reply by Pat on December 27, 2012 at 9:18am

There is a great section in William Hoppers "A Heathen's Guide to Christmas" on how the original Santa Clause was the night monster who kidnapped and murdered bad children. Over time, the church softened this image, and replaced the evil side of his persona with characters like Zwarte Pieter or Black Pete.

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on December 27, 2012 at 12:15pm

Thanks Pat - I didn't know about this original Santa.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on December 27, 2012 at 9:34am

I prefer them too young to have become disobedient.  More juicy and tender.  A nice horseradish sauce for some tangy flavor.  By the time they are old enough to be "bad", the other monsters can have them.

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Permalink Reply by Greg on December 27, 2012 at 11:52am

When having guests over, I flambe for effect. The crispy skin always brings rave reviews.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on December 27, 2012 at 12:41pm

Thanks for the tip.  That does sound elegant!

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Permalink Reply by James Kz on December 29, 2012 at 9:25am

For various reasons my wife BethKz does not like to have children around her, frequently referring to them by the Aussie/Brit term:

SPROGS

Yesterday she was installing a distribution of Linux into a village computer for the townspeople to use for Internet service at the village hall, and discovered that Linux "creates sprogs." (Interesting, sprog is in Firefox's dictionary.)

She keened in terror, and immediately went to her various "sprog-free" fora to post warnings to other folk that Linux creates sprogs.

Interesting banner ad at the top for "Sexy Arab Girls." I'll bet there are a bunch in Western Nebraska, and my wife would probably have something to say about me checking up on that.

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