Comments on: Open letter to Santa Claus

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:27:31 +0000

Hear Hear. Been saying this for years.

By: Sarah Britten

Sarah Britten — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:08:50 +0000

I once read an article in The Economist detailing research into the difference between what people paid for gifts, and the value ascribed to them by those who received them. The difference was in the billions of dollars.

By: Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:06:00 +0000

I want a fancy car, just like the rest of the ANC…pretty please Santaman…otherwise what David said!

By: MLH

MLH — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:45:04 +0000

David, have you been really, really good? Else Santa brings you nothing anyway.

I heard today (SAFM) that a new earth has been discovered; three to four times the size of ours. It has plenty of water, too. They didn’t name the solar system, though; they obviously don’t want a rush to get there.

Just think, a whole ‘nother earth to mess up. Gift from God or gift from Santa, do you think?

The question is, who gets to go?

Obviously the rich kids can buy their way there.

Then they’ll need lots of gardeners, servants and helpers, plus endless businesses selling services and products.

I don’t suppose any one would do anything charitable like giving the whole place to populations that already have no food and water here. A pity.

But just think, if I am one of the leftovers, I could pick anywhere on (this) earth I want to live and probably be able to afford the fare. (I’m not much of a traveller, these days.)

By: Grant Walliser

Grant Walliser — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:09:26 +0000

Classic article!

Cancel the whole damn thing and retire the fat knob and his furry fleet and his red gimp-suit that Coca Cola invented to sell us more shit in the first place! Have a braai and prevent the annual Turkey genocide because we all want to cling to some dumb, religiously enforced, commercailly hijacked bullshit instead of just having a cool time. Have a cool time. Its cool.

By: pete ess

pete ess — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:51:36 +0000

You just broke a strict taboo. You suggested we use less – Consume less. You are so right. But you will be punished by Wall Street.

By: Triston

Triston — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:56:26 +0000

Hear hear! Please also write to Ronald McDonald and KFC’s whatever and ask them to stop giving away useless kiddy plastic toys all over the world. Ask shops like Cardies to shut down – nothing they sell is useful. I too am so sick of stuff everywhere. The solution to our world’s problems is not recycling; rather, STOP BUYING. Please just stop!

By: Munguki

Munguki — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:25:27 +0000

Gift voucher/card for David.

You can buy yoursels socks.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:20:40 +0000

Bubble Bath gift sents, its like saying I hate you with a lavender scent.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:56:23 +0000

Well said!!.