March 10, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: How can any reasonable person approve of Santa Claus or support his policies? This is a man who exploits elderly animals, forcing them to work endlessly in wintry conditions to the point of exhaustion. One of his reindeer has a congenital facial defect that could be cured by muzzle affirming surgery. But Claus allows him to go untreated while laughing the entire time. Ho, ho, ho. His purpose? He enters households illegally after dark and promotes a tradition that forces families into debt.
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