im trying to come up with a conclusion that your joking, but I've seen some pretty dumb people on this forum before.

im not going to bother myself or anyone else by spending the next 20 minutes showing how it is literally impossible to have a live American Ideal Santa. But i will point out the few things in your first post that makes me want to slap you.

We all know that if enough people believe it does give something 'reality' and millions of kids and adults around the world cannot all be wrong can they?

This was the first thing that made me think that you were actually kidding. No! it does not make it reality just because a lot of people believe in it. Just like most people back in the ol' days thought that because you had really really light blue eyes and believed in science made you a witch. You just stated the greatest saying that lead people through the dark ages. Apparently to your logistics, every religion in the world is correct because many people believe in them. and if we truly believe that gravity doesn't exist, then we can go flying around the world in our shoes alone. this is a completely ridicules argument for anyone that believes it.

sorry! just had to get that off my chest

I would particularly like to add that NORAD will, every year track this "anomaly" with the precision the American Tax Payer expects.
Real? I know the reality of it all.
I was there and worked in the trenches.
My security clearance as an adult forbids me from divulging more at this juncture.
If the members would care to indulge me, I will be more forthcoming when I've shaken the EIB's, (Elves In Black) off of my tail.
At that time you will all come to realize I am not a joke and when I feel safe I will be more than happy to answer any and all questions.
For those that have a shared knowledge, send U2U and I will do what I can to answer your queries in a robustly secure environment.

Now, this topic brings up alot of questions, if true:

Does this Santa actually pay his elves, or is he some sort of Slave Master?

I notice they (the elves) are all small and underweight, while he has a huge belly, and Mrs clause, has an enourmous booty.

Also, is Santa Claus , actually Saint Nicholas of the Catholic faith?

and what of Frosty? and Jack Frost. or Heat Meiser, and Freeze Meiser, or The Grinch?

and last but not least can you provide proof of one named Ebenezer Scrooge?

I mean how deep does the conspiracy go?

Don't know what I said, I guess it was a doozie


[edit on 12/7/2008 by LAUGHING-CAT]

Wow this post is stupid. First off Santa really? Second off Mushrooms...Really? Those don't even look anything close to real shrooms. And yes I do know what mushrooms look like...I am in college. This post is just all around sad.

I wrote Santa a letter asking him to please send me a baby brother.
He wrote back and told me to send him my Mother.
What's that all about?

Originally posted by liquidsmoke206
If I'm not mistaken then that's the fly agaric mushroom. When dried and eaten is one of the more potent hallucinogens. It is funny that it's featured in so much art and culture around the world. Is it a worldwide conspiracy from some ancient mushroom cult?

Jumping in a little late on the half jokes about social conditioning and mushroom cults But from an artist's perspective I reckon the agaric is just a pretty looking mushroom to include in a fantasy picture. Much more interesting than one of those white or brown edible ones.

But who knows? Artists I reckon are prone to drug use more than others (sorry to generalize) Perhaps the agaric in many fantasy pictures reflects something of that.

[edit on 7-12-2008 by Lazyninja]

I lived near North Pole, Alaska.
I know for sure Santa is real Ive seen him myself at his home in North Pole, along with his reindeers Seriously

My very own pictures from North Pole








[edit on 12/7/2008 by greeneyedleo]

if santa can actually fit his fat a## down my chimney he will be staring down the barrel of an ak47- unless he has a sack full of about 300 million dollars. as for rudolph your nose will give you away and i guess i would need a shot gun since you are flying- and i will hit you. hilarious post

Yep, the amanita is toxic, there are many different types all over the world and are prepared differently accordingly. Generally drying them is the way to go. The urine of the ingester can be drunk as the psychedelic compounds can pass through the body several times. Not that I'm into that sort of thing.

The Santa clause story, I believe is based mainly on the Siberian shaman.

The shaman would gather the amanita for the winter solstice celebration, quite often he'd have to compete for the amanita with the reindeer, who had been known to attack the shaman to get to the mushrooms first. (the shaman would also sometimes drink the urine of the intoxicated reindeer).
While picking he'd place the mushrooms in the tree to begin drying them. (decorations).
When returning home, quite often his cabin would be snowed in and would have to climb in through the chimney with his sack of Christmas goodies.
Then to hang the mushrooms in sacks near the fire to continue drying them for safe consumption. (Christmas stockings).

Oh yeah Christianity is based partly on a pagan mushroom cult. Why do you think all those saints had visions? and why the Archbishops dress up like the amanita? Why the pope sports a pine cone on his staff? and the large pine cone sculpture at the vatican? not because of the pineal gland as some have recently suggested, but because the amanita grew under the conifer tree.



Lord of the Magical plants - The Paris Eadwine Psalter, c. 1150 CE.

Originally posted by dreamingtreeThose don't even look anything close to real shrooms. And yes I do know what mushrooms look like...I am in college.

Is college really allowing admission to people like...

hehehe You better do some homework... your gonna have tough times come exams