No.2560
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christ mass song written in America in 1934. It has become one of the biggest sellers in American history.
I just want to note that it is funny how much of culture and traditions that are nowadays owned by corporations but that will not be the main focus of the thread.
I want to us to discuss the song itself. It has an upbeat melody, yet the lyrics are scary. We are told to watch out, because there is an all seeing, all knowing character coming, and we WILL be judged.
We are told not to cry, nor to pout. This stands in stark contrast to the modern viewpoint that one should console crying children, rather than tell them to shut up.
So far I've gone over the superficial properties of the song. Please help me drill deeper into this
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No.2562
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No.2563
Christmas characters have always been an extension of parental (and sometimes church) authority, meting out punishment or reward according to the child's behavior and the concepts of "naughty" and "nice" transmitted to them by their parents:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsnickel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikul%C3%A1s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Lads
I found no evidence that this song is owned by a corporation, but the following passage of the book "Stories Behind the Greatest hits of Christmas" highlights a meaning that should have crossed the minds of everyone on this board, the constant surveillance that Santa Claus Performs over every child in the world at all times:
https://books.google.com.br/books?id=4a6oMgT8UsEC&pg=PT25&dq=%22Santa+Claus+Is+Coming+to+Town%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yN30U4DVF-GIjALvq4GICg#v=onepage&q=%22Santa%20Claus%20Is%20Coming%20to%20Town%22&f=false
Yes, I know it's google.
The idea that the child should not pout or cry is not a message for them (or parents) that crying or pouting in general is reprehensible, just that to act this way because one didn't receive gifts for Christmas because they were naughty is pointless and a case of naughtiness in itself. This is made clearer in the page previous to the one I linked.
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No.2583
It is nice to be judged when you have a good chance of passing, and when the reward is nice, and the punishment is not that bad.
Being judged by this Santa guy is thus a good deal hence we are happy he is coming.
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