Oh, yeah, we're running this into the ground. Why not? Whatsername's statement was a strong contender for Stupidest Thing Said about Christmas for 2013.
(Still twelve shopping days left before judging closes).
I've heard and read scores of reactions to whatsername's genetic analysis of Father Christmas, scholarly musings on the history of his legend, poignant observations on the likelihood of a black man escaping from well-armed American homes in the middle of the night, even some touching homilies that rebut not whatsername's assertion, but its underlying intent ("Santa is every race, color and nationality, because he lives in all of us").
Still, all the jokes and essays and platitudes are simply, factually, dead wrong.
Santa is Chinese.
Let's start with the dude's profile. Lives in a far-away place, runs a big manufacturing concern where his uncounted, unpaid laborers cobble together toys which good boys and girls will find under the tree Christmas morning.
So far, so good. Toys are found under said tree every year, eliciting squeals of delight from the world's crumb-snatchers. Close inspection of said playthings reveals tiny letters embossed in their polymer hides which read the same the world around. They do not spell, "Made at North Pole."
No, 75% of the world's dolls, race cars, balls, bats and plushy crap all proclaim a different place of origin. At least the honestly labeled ones. Re-shipping and re-"originating" isn't unknown.
Besides, if Kringle Industries really were where claimed, it'd have sunk.
The labor conditions faced by Santa's employees in legend are eerily similar to those encountered farther south, with some "elves" even smuggling out desperate pleas for help, secreted in the ceaseless stream of plastic bounty.
As for the claims that Santa's deposits are reserved only for good children, reports differ. The "goodness" of our nation's young is highly variable, even in the same subjects, and judgment is too often subjective. Nevertheless, the sincere belief among many of our countrymen that the less fortunate of our citizens are, in some way, morally flawed may bolster the "good boys and girls" argument, as it's easily demonstrated that wealthier children do receive more from the Santa enterprise than do poorer ones.
(Programs such as the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots, which distribute Santa's largess to the less fortunate, skew this data and are not to be encouraged).
Though not conclusive, these observations argue strongly against a Santa Caucasian and for a Santa simply Asian.
And, with that thought, may I wish all a 圣诞节快乐.