{"id":12051,"date":"2013-12-25T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2013-12-25T10:17:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T15:17:03","slug":"the-19th-century-war-on-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/25\/the-19th-century-war-on-santa-claus\/","title":{"rendered":"The 19th century war on Santa Claus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Santa Claus wars aren&#8217;t anything new.<\/p>\n<p>An editorial in the January 1898 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2013\/12\/09\/poignant-1898-magazine-ad-touts-the-most-marvellous-instrument-of-our-age\/\"><em>The Nickell<\/em><\/a> is &#8220;grieved to find itself in opposition to certain learned and eminent divines of the Presbyterian church in the matter of the existence of Santa Claus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickellPic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickellPic-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"WaronSantaNickellPic\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickellPic-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickellPic-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickellPic.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, those divines felt the concept of Santa was bad for children, because  &#8220;it distracts their attention from the sacred character of Christmas Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the complete editorial, in which the editorial board advises, &#8220;do not try to belittle a saint whose ministrations give joy.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"WaronSantaNickell1\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell1-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell1.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell2-130x300.jpg\" alt=\"WaronSantaNickell2\" width=\"130\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell2-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell2-443x1024.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WaronSantaNickell2.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Santa Claus wars aren&#8217;t anything new. 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