#santa claus

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#claus #democracy #dream #heaven #only

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#nobody #santa #santa claus #shoots

For the most part, people use God as Santa Claus. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#god #most #part #people #santa

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#came #claus #getting #had #hard

We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#become #change #claus #domesticated #god

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights. ↗

— Steve Israel

#any #attempts #ban #christmas #claus

I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about. ↗

— James Caan

#believe #claus #i #i think #important

I see Santa Claus and Joseph Smith and Luke Skywalker as the same person. ↗

— Trey Parker

#i #i see #joseph #luke #person

Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man. ↗

— Patti Smith

#claus #everyone #god #help #man

No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas. ↗

— Alfred E. Smith

#christmas #claus #empty #fireplace #going