As I was doing a christmas quest on Maestia I saw the npc of santa. I remembered one christmas that I was so shocked when I received a gift from santa. No one told me to whom it came from but my mom and dad as well as my aunts and uncles said that it was from santa! Weird as it may sound, I still believe in santa until now. You? Do you still believe in Santa?
well, giving gifts anonymously is something that believing in Santa does. it's is part of worldwide tradition, most of us have grown believing in Santa which makes Christmas really fun especially for the kids. Makes us feel the "magic".
I never believed in Santa, not even as a child. I remember getting in trouble in 2nd grade for telling the other kids that Santa didn't exist. Oh well. I prefer the Roman origins of the whole holiday anyways, wine and orgies.
The racial implications are there and is the reason why Black Peter was dropped in some later incarnations. Though I'm not sure that was the original reasoning behind making the character a slave.
the racial implications are still a hot debate by foreigners that do not understand the tradition rightly. in the book of 1945, black peter was also not a slave. he was the servant of saint nicholas. much like how "assepartout " was the servant of "hileas fogg" in the noval "around the world in eighty days" more a helper then a slave actually.
There are however other incarnations where he appearance is that of a moor. Modern takes on the charater is often portrayed as a blackface, something considered racist and taboo in the US and Britain.
the picture you posted is about this type? if so then it just shows me again that the foreigners do not understand the tradition. this black peter is the one whit the story of the chimney.
Did it involve greater-than/less-than signs (the things when you shift+, or shift+.)? Because it blocks those and everything after them due to recent restrictions or something. It kills any joke/sarcasm immediately.
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Love you too Party, but at least get my name right!
whoops, must be the rage that it didn't work and that it was 7am xD the b is next to the n =)
Did it involve greater-than/less-than signs (the things when you shift+, or shift+.)? Because it blocks those and everything after them due to recent restrictions or something.
ah ic. thats very annoying. maybe it's to prevent those hack / bot spammers from returning. in that case i dont mind =P