NEW ORLEANS, LA - A leading psychologist wants to prove whether Santa Claus really exists by not buying presents for their kids this year!
Dr. Joseph Pernell says we “will never know if Santa is real or a hoax unless we stop delivering toys for him and see if he picks up the slack.
“People think I’m joking but I’m as serious as I can be,” continued the expert.
“As a longtime student of Christmas legend and lore, I have always been fascinated by St. Nicholas. And though intellectually I’m not convinced, in my heart I know he exists. I believe in Santa Claus.”
“I know as well as you do that he’s not some elf living at the North Pole. But in my heart of hearts, I still believe that has the power to reward the innocence of childhood and make miracles happen.
“Crazy? Romantic? Maybe I am. But if we don’t try something like this, if we don’t put a stop to this mindless commercialization of Christmas, we’ll never know the truth.
“This is the year we can pull together and celebrate a Christmas like no other. If children find toys under the tree, we’ll know Santa is real.
“If they don’t, we’ll know Santa is the figment of our collective imagination and a symbol of the way we would like things to be.
“I urge every parent to join this crusade,” he added. “We all can play a role in this historic crusade.”
If Dr. Pernell’s Christmas sentiments are fanciful, his search for the truth about Santa Claus is not.
By urging parents to withhold presents from their children, he is setting the stage for unimaginable heartbreak when – and if – the little ones wake up on Christmas morning and find empty stockings.
The potential economic impact is even more frightening, considering the terrible recession America is still going through.
Without Christmas sales, toy manufacturers and retailers would be in dire straits, industry analysts agree.
“The crusade has an upside and a downside, too,” admitted Dr. Pernell, who’s promoting his crusade through interviews and on talk radio.
“Regardless of what happens on Christmas morning, the truth about Santa Claus will pay dividends for years to come.”
Do you think Santa Claus is real?
The original Santa died 1500 years ago.
I know he's real because one Christmas Eve I had a stuffy nose so I was waking up quite often in the night. So I woke up on Christmas Eve at like 12:00 at night and i hear bells. Then I hear footsteps and I was freaked out that if it was Santa he would leave so I ran back to bed. 10 mins later when I was sure he was gone I looked in my stocking and it was filled and when I went to get a tissue before it was empty. Oh and my stocking was hanging outside of my door that's why I saw it.
im still confused with myself. One Christmas eve when i was 5, i woke up around maybe between idk 12 and 5am. I got out of bed and snuck downstairs. i peaked around the corner to see if there were any presents. It was only a glance because i was shocked and pressed against the wall and ran upstairs. I saw something. It looked sort of transparent. It was tall and red in the middle and had a great yellow glow to it. Almost as if energy. He was standing there, in front of the cookies and tree. In my eyes, i think Santa is real, he is an energy and thats why he glows, thats why he doesnt age, thats why he lives forever. Also thats why he probably hasnt died from obesity but still.
wait,if there's no Santa Claus,who the heck is the guy ringing the bell with the black kettle full of cash?
do Santa really come to give gifts
Santa is real! My whole family went to our relative's on Christmas Eve. We came back a few days later and there were presents!!!!! I am doing a stake out tonight…
And if he's not real..
WHO THE HECK IS THE GUY THAT I'M SITTING ON????!!!!!!
ummmmmm actually the person u r sitting on is a person with a fake beard
An unqualified maybe is my answer to the question.I think the government needs to step in and
hold a national referendum on the existence or non existence of Santa.We need the guiding
light of government wisdom on this crucial question
I do belive In santa but some people don’t that’s maybe why he doesn’t want to come back if nobody belives in him:(
What are the Results I see the before picture now Terry Bradshaw is representing a diet Plan this is a Ravens Fan those dreaded Steelers anyways Santa is he delivering any presents or how did the testing go we need the results we waited it should be posted in new article the psychiatrist put presents out and well did Santa Show up and 1500 years ago seems a bit testy he was around recently during a comic page production thats how I heard he was created he became a TRADITIONAL deliverer as Magestic as he wanted to be in minds of many he really exists in Malls he is redone to show the magnificent Sanya Claus can bring Joy to us in different ways.
While I can appreciate your bitterness (I was a customer myself) I think you are simplifying the issue quiet a bit. Reed really had no choice in splitting the company up. Here are just two things to consider: a) If you own a DVD, you can rent it as many times as you want. This isn’t true for streaming. Netflix is required to pay/user. In its current form a lot of contracts that netflix has with movie studios charges netflix based on the total number of users. So if netflix has 23m users but only 10m of them stream, netflix still pays for 23m. b) Shifting bandwidth cost is how netflix got away with a lot of streaming. Backbone providers (verizon, comcast, level 3) are not willing to tolerate so much of netflix’s traffic for free and that will eat into netflix’s earnings. Report this comment
I think Santa claus is real because if he wasent real then who would put your presents under the tree and some people say there parents put the presents under the tree but if they did they would already have Toled you.And if you don't believe in Santa Claus then you won't get what you want.