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Skylace
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 Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: Ho ho NO! |
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When James Worley paid a visit to Disney World in Florida his portly frame and white beard soon had kids asking: "Are you Santa Claus?"
Not wanting to disappoint, Mr Worley, 60, played along with some "ho-ho-hos".
But Disney officials descended, telling him to stop the impersonation or get out of the park. They said they wanted to preserve the magic of Santa.
Mr Worley took off his red hat and red shirt but said: "I look this way 24/7, 365 days a year. This is me."
'Confusing'
Even after bowing to the request to alter his appearance, Mr Worley, from Tampa, said children continued to ask if he was Santa.
"How do you tell a little kid, 'No, go away, little kid'," Mr Worley told local television.
He said Disney had told him "Santa was considered a Disney character".
Officials at Disney World's Epcot park said they had had complaints from "several guests who were very upset".
Disney said it had its own Santa at Epcot and Mr Worley was "confusing" the children.
Mr Worley said he had played a jolly elf at charity events for a number of years, while his wife sometimes dressed up as Mrs Claus.
Mr Worley said he still loved Disney and Christmas.
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Santa is considered a Disney character  Where on earth do they get this idea. |
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IRiSHMaFIA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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What a crock of shit. Santa isn't a Disney character. That's just like Walmart trying to sue anyone that used a smilie face like this 
The greedy pricks used it for their ad campaigns and automatically thought they had the right to copyright it as their own. Meanwhile it's been used for years before they did.
I don't believe for one second they had any complaints, and I think they are the ones confusing children with making him change his appearance.
He's every right to wear whatever he wants and if kids come up to him asking if he's Santa, he's every right to say whatever he wants.
He's not doing any harm and only adding to the experience that's meant to be magical for children and good on him!
Disney can suck a fat one as far as I'm concerned the greedy corporate pigs! |
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6ULDV8
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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The Santa we know & love nowdays, the one that Disney uses too was created by an advertising guy for the cocacola company... honest...
The image is a 'nicer' version in the words of it's creator of earlier depictions where santa's red & white suite was made from 'insideout' animal skins... |
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IRiSHMaFIA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| 6ULDV8 wrote: | The Santa we know & love nowdays, the one that Disney uses too was created by an advertising guy for the cocacola company... honest...
The image is a 'nicer' version in the words of it's creator of earlier depictions where santa's red & white suite was made from 'insideout' animal skins... |
You should have been a teacher. Always with the logic! 
In saying that, I have learned a thing or three from you so it's a positive thing for sure, but it just makes me chuckle sometimes  I like it and keep it coming! |
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6ULDV8
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| IRiSHMaFIA wrote: | | 6ULDV8 wrote: | The Santa we know & love nowdays, the one that Disney uses too was created by an advertising guy for the cocacola company... honest...
The image is a 'nicer' version in the words of it's creator of earlier depictions where santa's red & white suite was made from 'insideout' animal skins... |
You should have been a teacher. Always with the logic!
In saying that, I have learned a thing or three from you so it's a positive thing for sure, but it just makes me chuckle sometimes I like it and keep it coming! |
I have a fairly decent recall hun...
I hear it, see it or read it & take it onboard....
The min stroke didn't help recently but I can recall so much crap it freaks me out at times lol...
That said, I do try to use my brain also |
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IRiSHMaFIA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| 6ULDV8 wrote: | | IRiSHMaFIA wrote: | | 6ULDV8 wrote: | The Santa we know & love nowdays, the one that Disney uses too was created by an advertising guy for the cocacola company... honest...
The image is a 'nicer' version in the words of it's creator of earlier depictions where santa's red & white suite was made from 'insideout' animal skins... |
You should have been a teacher. Always with the logic!
In saying that, I have learned a thing or three from you so it's a positive thing for sure, but it just makes me chuckle sometimes I like it and keep it coming! |
I have a fairly decent recall hun...
I hear it, see it or read it & take it onboard....
The min stroke didn't help recently but I can recall so much crap it freaks me out at times lol...
That said, I do try to use my brain also |
You're sharp as a whip as far as I'm concerned and as I said, I've actually learned stuff from reading your posts so I'm loving it loads  |
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Skylace
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IRiSHMaFIA
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Skylace wrote: | | http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp |
That was an interesting read  |
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Skylace
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| IRiSHMaFIA wrote: | | Skylace wrote: | | http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp |
That was an interesting read |
I thought so too. I learned a lot I didn't know. |
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eefanincan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Skylace wrote: | | IRiSHMaFIA wrote: | | Skylace wrote: | | http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp |
That was an interesting read |
I thought so too. I learned a lot I didn't know. |
So did I! |
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Marcella-FL
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| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| the guy lives in TAMPA?! I swear he cut me off in traffic about 3 weeks ago! He was driving a toyota with a handicapped tag. |
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HandoGod
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| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | What a crock of shit |
That made me laugh, thanks
I think he was right to say he was Santa, as it'd be wrong to dash a childs fantasy of him there during the festive period IMHO. |
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