> Santa is contractually forbidden from altering the socioeconomic status of any individual.<p>When my kids where young, all 'big' gifts came from mom and dad, and small ones from Santa. I didn't want my kids to talk about how Santa got them an occulus or iPad, when the kid in the next chair in class, in a worse economic condition, got a much smaller gift, and start feeling left out...
My wife grew up in a very poor home, with no dad, and a barely functional, mentally ill mother. She's a strong woman who never complains about the struggles she's faced in becoming successful.<p>But she does tell a heartbreaking story of being a young, confused kid, who truly thought she must be a bad person because Santa never brought her anything. It puts the lyrics... "He's making a list. He's checking it twice. He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice" in a different light.
Do you mean to tell me that wealthy parents spend more money hiring people to entertain and support their children than poor parents do?<p>Or… is this a surprising result because Santa is real and he’s supposed to care about all children equally?
Brazilian punk rock band Garotos Podres (Rotten Kids) recorded a song called "Papai Noel Filho da P#*&@" (Santa Claus Son of a B&#£¢). It's an Anarcho-Socialist anthem that exposes how Santa is a "capitalist pig" that "rejects the poor", "gifts the rich and spits in the poor" (quotes from the song).<p>Slightly changed radio lyrics: <a href="https://www.letras.mus.br/garotos-podres/46145/" rel="nofollow">https://www.letras.mus.br/garotos-podres/46145/</a>