The way I read it, the girls receive Christmas presents, but they are "from Santa."

Yup, sounds to me like they come from Santa. Does submitter want to explain to those cute little girls that Santa doesn't exist?
Go for it, sports fan. I'll sit over here and watch.

I bet RON PAUL buys his kids gifts.

sounds like submitter understands the gifts to actually be from Santa and the parents have nothing to do with them.

Which about figures.

Well, that tears it. They must be MOOSLIMZ!

/Sorry about invoking that tired meme.
//Really.
///I falafel about it.

eddyatwork: I bet RON PAUL buys his kids gifts.

Buying your children gifts is not in the constitution. I doubt it.

Of course not - the celebrate Kwanzaa. Right?

It's because they're secret Jehovah's Witnesses!!!

So, Santa covers Christmas gifts, and the girls get a really kick ass party and gifts from their friends on their birthday.

That monster!


This clearly proves that he isn't qualified to be president!
(sorry, was channeling a right winger there for a second, I feel much better now)

I actually think that this is pretty responsible parenting. My wife and I don't buy our kid presents. Santa does it. We also do not give her presents for her birthday. She gets enough at the party we throw her. Will be the same for future kids. Just one more thing that I have in common with Obama.

OK Talking Points Kidz, let's see you ask the hard hitting questions about why Obama LIES to children...

Good. Kids get too much shiat as it is now.

It's different, but not at all unacceptable. Good for Obama. He seems a very astute and practical person as a parent.

Better then the two falling-down drunks that Bush raised.

DaSwankOne: I actually think that this is pretty responsible parenting. My wife and I don't buy our kid presents. Santa does it. We also do not give her presents for her birthday. She gets enough at the party we throw her. Will be the same for future kids. Just one more thing that I have in common with Obama.

So you're also a secret muslim manchurian candidate set to destroy us from within? ;)

That's what MY parent's did! Oh my God, all this time, I've been a MUSLIM!

eddyatwork: I bet RON PAUL buys his kids gifts.

If the Founding Fathers had meant us to give kids Christmas gifts, they would have written it into the Constitution.

Highroller48: Well, that tears it. They must be MOOSLIMZ!

/Sorry about invoking that tired meme.
//Really.
///I falafel about it.

You left out that he's a *SEECKRIT* MOOSLEM

/super secret squirrel, FTW

My parents always made a big show of my gifts being from Santa. When I was really young, i didn't care. By 5 or so, I still didn't care and knew it wasn't true. I never believe, I just wanted presents, the name on the box was immaterial.

/Santa Claus, because lying to your kids is fun!
//The little bastards will believe whatever you tell them, so fill their heads with the most ridiculous bullshiat you can.

I'm torn between not caring and not giving a damn.

RemyDuron: My parents always made a big show of my gifts being from Santa. When I was really young, i didn't care. By 5 or so, I still didn't care and knew it wasn't true. I never believe, I just wanted presents, the name on the box was immaterial.

WTF are you saying he's not real?

/off crying in my room

Man, the Daily Show is on fire tonight. There's some footage of McCain at the grocery store that almost made me weep. At one point he's talking about how "the price of milk has gone up to...(looks at note)...four dollars."

/thread jack
//sorry

JerseyTim: It's because they're secret Jehovah's Witnesses!!!

I knew it...You can't trust people like that. I blame Michelle. Barack must have been a fun guy to hang with til he met that chick.

/Watchtower FTW!

It's not what I'll do with my kids, but I still think it's a neat idea. :)

Stinkin COMMIES!

RemyDuron: My parents always made a big show of my gifts being from Santa. When I was really young, i didn't care. By 5 or so, I still didn't care and knew it wasn't true. I never believe, I just wanted presents, the name on the box was immaterial.

/Santa Claus, because lying to your kids is fun!
//The little bastards will believe whatever you tell them, so fill their heads with the most ridiculous bullshiat you can.

Wow, I'm glad I'm not you on so many levels.

This makes us look weak in the eyes of the Soviets.

tough household. who is this guy, hitler?

The cake is a lie.

What a horribly written article.

"Michelle Obama told PEOPLE: "Malia says, 'I know there is a Santa because there's no way you'd buy me all that stuff.' "

Wink."

Ok, that's cute, but where the fark is the clarification? I can see how some people might mean that as more than one thing:

-That "santa" buys them gifts at Christmas, so they DO get Christmas gifts, just not from "Mom and Dad" (so she's winking about knowledge her parents really do get her gifts)

-That they DON'T get any Christmas gifts at all, but they get all sorts of shiat for their birthdays, which makes THAT the day they're hooked up with stuff. (so she's winking about all the cool crap she gets for her birthday sleepovers)

The writer doesn't go into it any further, he just sort of assumes the reader will read into the "wink." What a dick.

katie couric is going to do a special report on this breaking news story

eddyatwork: I bet RON PAUL buys his kids gifts.

Does he use fiat dollars?

Spanky_McFarksalot: I'm torn between not caring and not giving a damn.

Quoth I.

El Morro: What a horribly written article.

"Michelle Obama told PEOPLE: "Malia says, 'I know there is a Santa because there's no way you'd buy me all that stuff.' "

Wink."

Ok, that's cute, but where the fark is the clarification? I can see how some people might mean that as more than one thing:

-That "santa" buys them gifts at Christmas, so they DO get Christmas gifts, just not from "Mom and Dad" (so she's winking about knowledge her parents really do get her gifts)

-That they DON'T get any Christmas gifts at all, but they get all sorts of shiat for their birthdays, which makes THAT the day they're hooked up with stuff. (so she's winking about all the cool crap she gets for her birthday sleepovers)

The writer doesn't go into it any further, he just sort of assumes the reader will read into the "wink." What a dick.

I'll say it's the first one. Every Christian kid who has parents who can afford it receives Christmas presents.

Well, those that aren't dicks like this reporter.

atomic-age: The way I read it, the girls receive Christmas presents, but they are "from Santa."

that's about it. nothing else to say

RevMercutio: So you're also a secret muslim manchurian candidate set to destroy us from within? ;)

No I am an ivory tower elitist snob that wants to turn America into a Communist country because I hate freedom.

destitute college kid: RemyDuron: My parents always made a big show of my gifts being from Santa. When I was really young, i didn't care. By 5 or so, I still didn't care and knew it wasn't true. I never believe, I just wanted presents, the name on the box was immaterial.

/Santa Claus, because lying to your kids is fun!
//The little bastards will believe whatever you tell them, so fill their heads with the most ridiculous bullshiat you can.

Wow, I'm glad I'm not you on so many levels.

Yeah, trying to have a sober and realistic view of the world can be troubling at times.

Seriously though, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, why? Did anyone really care about that shiat as a kid? Really? I mean, I played along sometimes, but it was bullshiat and I knew it and I thought everyone else did. I'd never tell a kid that stuff, it's pointless lies.

I don't think you should teach your kids your religion either, until they are at least 13 or so, but at least religious people believe the shiat they're saying. Santa Claus is just lying for lying's sake. If the kids really do believe it you're only setting them up for disappointment that reality is not as magical as you said it way, and if they don't then you are wasting everyone's time.

The lack of birthday presents definitely sucks, though.

Side note:

RON PAUL GAVE ME A GLOCK FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!1!!!

/Ron Paul!

RemyDuron: Seriously though, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, why? Did anyone really care about that shiat as a kid?


I did.

Back in pre-school, Santa gave me a bunch of toys from "Return of the Jedi".

I can't believe some of you guys are defending this. Granted, it's not a political issue, but it's still a dick-head move. Yes, it's smart to not spoil your kids, but no birthday presents? WTF?!

/My parents weren't rich.
//But I still received some cool birthday gifts.

You Pubbers might be on to something vis-a-vis all this Obama coverage.

PS I heard Obama got mustard on his napkin while eating in Berlin.

My mother was clever. I swear I believed in Santa until I was at least 8. Don't even ask me how because once I actually stopped and thought I realized how insane it all is.

Gyrfalcon: Spanky_McFarksalot: I'm torn between not caring and not giving a damn.

Quoth I.

Veracity.

Dr.Zom: Man, the Daily Show is on fire tonight. There's some footage of McCain at the grocery store that almost made me weep. At one point he's talking about how "the price of milk has gone up to...(looks at note)...four dollars."

/thread jack
//sorry


To be quite honest, I have no clue how much milk costs either.

Beer, OTOH, has definitely gone up.

Back to article, nothing too much to criticize the Obamas on except if those are all the rules their kids have to follow it's nothing and it seems like they're trying to show what great parents they are because their kids have to behave a little and do a single chore and don't get an exorbitant allowance.

But the lack of presents to "teach some limits"???

Hmmm...I bet they get pretty much whatever they ask for every other day of the year - spend "hundreds" on slumber parties? How do you even do that? Rent out a floor in a nice hotel?

I was weened off Santa intentionally pretty early. My parents didn't want tons of gifts to be the focal point of Christmas. I appreciate them doing that, even though it completely backfired. Now I'm an Atheist who loves to buy everybody presents on Christmas.

Sweet farking Jesus, I can't wait until the American election is over and the Politics tab can go back to normal.

Who the fark cares?

Good lord! This is awful! Someone should call CPS on them and have those poor little black kids placed in a good white family. That way they can grow up to be coke-sniffing, boozing whores like the Bush girls.

I bet they give the little comrades presents on May 1 and November 7.

starsrift: Sweet farking Jesus, I can't wait until the American election is over and the Politics tab can go back to normal.

Who the fark cares?

Which is what? A barrage of Ted Kennedy jokes, and video of presidential gaffes?

I dated a woman whose parents practiced the same thing. I really admired her family for those subtle touches. The children would pick someone in their neighborhood and drop off a gift at their home instead. It was left at the door, and they knocked or rang and left. No credit to be taken, and only the thought of doing something for someone else kept them warm.

yea, I dig it. Kudos to the Obama family.

RemyDuron: If the kids really do believe it you're only setting them up for disappointment that reality is not as magical as you said it way

I've made it to my mid-20s and I still have fortunately never experienced that disappointment. Reality's always been pretty magical for me. I'd say it has to do with my youthful inexperience, but I know 60-year-olds who feel the same way. I guess life really is just a state of mind.

/still believes in Santa Claus
//knows the giver is more important than the gift
///and all that other sappy shiat