Believing in Santa -

[DykesDykesChina]

I'm kinda curious how long Chris really believed in Santa and in what way? (this comes from someone who himself believed in Santa for an unusually long time...)
Did teenage Chris just believe in Santa metaphorically (as in "Yeah I know my parents buy my toys but I like to pretend Santa brings them") or did he believe in Santa straightforwardly (as in "this bearded dude lives at the North Pole and his elves make the toys which he deliveres on Christmas")?

Also, Chris used to ask Santa for a girlfriend and stopped believing when he didn't get one. I wonder how serious OPL was about this...

 

[cypocraphy]

Well, this is the same guy who believed he could recycle his semen by drinking it. I think he believed in Santa for 20 plus years totally legit.

 

[Marvin]

Does this justify a thread? It seems like it's mostly something you can just look up on the cwcki. And I guess you could discuss whether or not Chris actually believed in Santa, but c'mon, Chris believed he could curse people. I don't think there's much to discuss here.

 

[QI 541]

Smarter people have believed in more ridiculous things before.

 

[Stratochu]

The answer is on the wiki and this doesn't warrant a thread IMHO.

 

[potrzebie]

Now now, you guys, don't be hasty. I think he brings up a good question. We know about his belief in Santa, which, like God, stopped after he didn't get his wish.

But do we know whether it extended to believing in little green elves who worked at a production line? Did he literally think that Reindeer would land on his roof? Did he leave cookies out each year?

I'm picturing something like "I had given him My Hand-Crafted Christmas Cookies of which they were helped made with My Mother And Father; Perfect for Christmas or Hannukah for Jewish Santa or Kawnza with the Black Santa Clause."

 

[BillRiley]

It's hard to determine, but given that Chris has a hard time dealing with abstract concepts, tends to cling to already formulated ideas like a lamprey clings to it's dinner and, frankly, believes in weirder things to this day - I'd say he probably believed in an actual physical Santa right up until the very end. Probably it was his own warped version of Santa...

 

[Atsimu]

I think he still believes that Santa's real, if not in this world then in the alternate universe where all the Sonichu characters exist. Santa probably brings everyone exactly what they wish for in Cwcville.

 

[MysticMisty]

I'm sure Chris believed in everything: elves, reindeer, workshop 'n house at the North Pole, all that good stuff. I like to think that Bob told Chris "No more Christmas! Yer too old for it!" and that he says he just "stopped believing in Santa Claus", but that's just my own theory.

I wonder what sort of pathetic gifts he gave to his folks? I mean, for Bob's birthdays he'd go to the store (after being reminded I'm sure) and buy him a bag of Maple Nut Goodies and gave it to him (probably unwrapped) as a gift. That creepy snow globe Barb has was probably a Christmas gift, but I'd like to know what other pathetic (and last minute) gifts he gave.

 

[Bgheff]

Odds are he didn't really think or car about the process as long as gifts came. But yes, he believed in Santa giving him gifts until he never got the girlfriend he's been wanting for so long.

His belief in God isn't much different, I doubt he really pondered his religion other than trying to get God to do favors for him.

 

[Holdek]

This is actually a good question. The CWCki states that he stopped believing in Santa after he didn't bring him a sweetheart for Christmas, but I thought that was just a joke making fun of Chris.

 

[CatParty]

it's like his faith in godjesus.

these are magical entities that will solve his problems/desires.

godjesus won't solve his problems of feeling lonely, so fuck him, he doesn't exist now.

santa didn't bring him a girlfriend(mother figure/fucktoy), fuck him he doesn't exist now. ( however there may be a sweetheart buried in the hoard at 14 branchland, but no one will ever find her)

 

[bradsternum]

Eh, part of me thinks he thought believing in Santa was cute.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

Well he obviously understood the concept of buying gifts for one another, so that directly clashes with whole "workshop'n elves" idea.

I think that his belief in Santa was just another facet of his desire to cling onto his childhood for as long as possible and never grow up.

 

[whispsonichu]

You know those movies where the adults are taught a valuable lesson by kids because when they grew up they stopped believing in magic/santa/dragons? I think Chris has probably seen A LOT of those movies and takes them as life lessons.

 

[Holdek]

it's like his faith in godjesus.

these are magical entities that will solve his problems/desires.

godjesus won't solve his problems of feeling lonely, so fuck him, he doesn't exist now.

santa didn't bring him a girlfriend(mother figure/fucktoy), fuck him he doesn't exist now. ( however there may be a sweetheart buried in the hoard at 14 branchland, but no one will ever find her)

Well, stopping believing in godjesus is apostasy. I think Chris believes in, and is scared of, godjesus, on a fundamental level, even if he's pissed at him at the moment.

Stopping believing in Santa is much more acceptable in the adult population (actually that's a huge understatement).