Santy get a boyfriend...

To see what, a post office?

OK.

The most telling word from the poster is "lifestyle".... Cause being gay is like choosing to play football or something.

I didnt say the image was offensive. I asked why challenge an image that millions of people have regarding santa since childhood.

Is it a case now due to the nature if the kiss people who believe in one side in this case the norm for the last few generations cannot question the validity of the change without being muted as a bigot or a homophobe?

Wow 2021 equality is Brilliant.

To a certain demographic. Ok let's leave it then.

Pick the bones out of a post while avoiding a question.

Kubrick predicted it right all animals are equal some more equal than others.

2021 has shown that obviously questioning traditions is socially unacceptable if it doesnt fit in with a certain demographic.

But the ad has only managed to offend some idiots. The outlets running outrage segments on it are Russia Today and GB News. I'm not aware of any such outrage in Norway who are the target market. What's wrong with the image of Santa kissing a man? Eg Mrs Claus only came about in the sixties and it tended to vary in terms of if she had any prominence in the mythos. Eg I was raised in the nineties and I'm not sure if I was particularly aware of his marital status.

The modern day form of Santa was standardized by Coca Cola. They weren't the first to choose the suit colour but they popularised it. Even his physicality was standardized by them. So guess what, marketing is what set Santa's appearance in your head. His depiction and mythos has constantly changed and evolved. And I don't really see what huge impact him kissing a guy has on it.

Mad that an agenda of inclusion and tolerance in a pretty tasteful ad is being viewed as controversial...

Other parents - equally as good - avoid lying to their kids about many of those same things in order to guide them through then unpleasantness of the world and expose them to it in a controlled fashion. To steal a phrase I read on boards a long time ago - there is a different between maintaining childhood innocence and maintaining childhood ignorance. Children are incredibly robust and they often do not need to be protected from some of the things we protect them from.

So I would not see that approach as a "Vanity Project" to simply say - "I am open to lying to my kids when it makes sense to do so but only if I can justify doing that to myself for good reason at the time".

That is the approach I opted for. That does not mean I am any more or less a "good parent" that parents making the opposite choice. But it does not mean I am any more or less "vain" either.

Parenting is one of those things with many paths to the same destinations. I simply saw no gain or benefit from doing the Santa thing - let alone to justify an extended campaign of undermining my wish to not lie to them - so I simply did not do it. And there is literally nothing wrong with those that do or those of us who do not.