Friday, December 02, 2005

Bad Santa

Santa Claus is facing the sack from a Dutch shopping centre after he smacked a young boy for pulling his beard.

Santa hit the boy on the backside in front of dozens of shoppers in the town of Rijswijk. Defending his actions, he said: "If I hadn’t done that, he would have pulled off my beard and dozens of children would have been traumatised." No more milk and cookies for this guy!

3 comments:

JBlue said...

Traumatize one for the good of the many?

I agree with Whitney.

LesleyinNM said...

Bad children don't get presents and they just might be smacked. I don't really have a problem with that. I assume he warned the kid to stop first. It is one of those lessons of life.

DA said...

I am afraid I disagree here. I am sure I will never hit or spank my son (nor have I ever). Physical correction is a wrong imprint for a child's future.

The only physical contact we have is about hugging. That we do a lot though..

Adults should never, ever, touch children any other way.