Kringle

[RuskePerson]

This is just amazing. I can't believe it doesn't have more views.

[cireyar]

Its that time of year again and this video becomes relevant "once... aGaiN."

[2unearth]

Still my favorite Christmas Video. ;o)

[Spocktacular96]

I think the idea of someone who knows wether or not you've been naughty is kinda perverse. However the concept of santa claus didn't arise until the 1950s or 60s in the advertisement business. So really he's just a gimmick

[TheSatanwarrior]

Learn the truth joyofsatan. com

[aKindofHeart]

And thus we have Rare Exports, a Christmas Story. I only wonder why they subtitled Joulupukki to Santa, instead of something more accurate (for the movie) like Father Christmas. After all, it wasn't about Saint Nic.

[CanberraReptileSanc]

Brilliant video. Says so much on numerous levels. 

[xESOTERlC]

haha.. this reminds me of the... Swiss?.. movie Rare Exports

[supermanlypunch]

You're a crazy man Aron, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

[arkee71]

dont forget that santa was created out of nothingness by an intelligent designer and that hes coming back to set the world straight and all you atheists wont have any toys only us faithful "KRIStians" will recieve his awesome bounty of ipods and x boxes and ETERNAL BLISS!!!...FUCKERS!!!

[Albukhshi]

"santa claus is coming"

eww-I don't want him doing that on little kids.

jk..jk..

[Quionic7]

Horror movie?

[TilleyFedora]

I never thought Santa could be made quite so sinister...

[Barbackablues]

Hahaha!!

[AtheistPR]

lmao, it does feel rather scary when you think about it xD

[blacklionhearth]

ho ho ho?

[Darkromeo80]

I always did like the Norse version , Odin and his horse Sleipnir.

[DreathDragont]

This is dark but it is awesome.

[geometrololi]

no prob i got an aliminium bat next too my bed so COME GET ME SANTA MOHUHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­AAAAAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HoleDweller]

Really cool. Kind of reminds me of the Nikolaus stories I heard while living in Germany. In their version, the Klaus travels with an evil dwarf like character who kidnaps the naughty children.

It always strikes me as funny when Christians rant about Christmas, not realizing the holiday they actually celebrate is a pagan holiday millennia older than their religion.

[DeHerg]

you probably mean "Knecht Rubrecht"(servant Rubrecht)

but the Character in the Video reminded me more to the russian Tale of "Ded Moroz"(Father Frost)

[HoleDweller]

That's it, I couldn't remember off the top of my head.

[blaatann]

That was awesome..! :)

[mnkittel]

"I know this isn't what anyone expected,"

Are you kidding? You made it, so it's EXACTLY what I expected. :)

[timsn274]

Aron - you have to enjoy Pratchett's 'Hogfather'. The movie production was quite good as well.

[AronRa]

I promised I would see Hogfather next week.

[ThorGoLucky]

Tee-hee. :)

[adafuns]

YOU RUINED CHRISTMAS FOR ME ARONRA!!!!1!!!!!!11q!!!

[wearealltubes]

@adafuns You sound quite excited about that.

[clehneis]

Satan Claus lol

[marsCubed]

@clehneis or Santa Claws perhaps?

(personally I do not like to give any biblical character any kind of reference).

[clehneis]

Why not Satan Claws than?

[marsCubed]

@clehneis because it has a more religious connotation than the original Santa.

It was originally Pagan and was about gifts, feasting and looking after people at the coldest time of the year, all should be welcome.

we shouldn't use it to alienate others, even if they are religious dicks.

that's my opinion anyways.

[clehneis]

I was just trying to be clever; nothing more.

[marsCubed]

@clehneis :) I am not criticizing, just sharing a point of view and giving my reasons for it.

The horny red dude with the pitchfork is no doubt taken from some other pagan religion, I don't know.

I would just like to see a world without so many religious symbols wherever we turn.

It is one of those things which perpetuates religion, even ghost stories keep the religious nuts in business for the same kind of reason.

Just something to bare in mind really

[marsCubed]

@clehneis ..Also I realized later that Santa comes from Saint.

So my suggestion is no better for the same reason.

It would be cool if we could figure out some of the original Pagan stuff perhaps and get some more inclusive, less religious things on the go at this time of year perhaps.

[clehneis]

@marsCubed- Unfortunatly religious practices are going to be around for a very long time. When is everyone going to understand the true potential of mankind?

[marsCubed]

@clehneis

Sweden is 80+% atheist, low crime, wealthiest and most equal population, best education, healthcare, most free and democratic by most indicators.

If one tells the religious this, they hold up crucifixes in vampire fighting mode.

I do not know when, but it is better than it was, it's foundation is crumbling.

It is up hill for them to push the nonsense, the abuse of kids is more obvious.

There is nothing in our Nature to prevent us living more rationally.

Sweden and others prove this.

[clehneis]

Well sir, if I were to live in a country besides America then it would be Sweden. America is a fairly new country and it has a lot to learn. We have abused our wealth and power to push our own agenda and I don't believe the country is headed in the right direction. I hate to think negatively, but I feel it will get worse for us before it gets better. I hope I am wrong.

[marsCubed]

@clehneis If I were to live somewhere which other than the UK I pick Norway, very similar to Sweden, but more so, not quite as good a reference in debates though as Sweden is more similar to USA and UK economically.

Norway though is just so smart.. and it is where the Vikings come from, so lots of cool cultural nodes.

Something else to bare in mind is that these societies in recent history have been neutral and peace loving.

It has to be the future.

I hope it gets better for you in the USA soon.

[clehneis]

Thank you friend. Best of luck to you as well and happy new year.

[TheSoSoAgnostic]

For me, just knowing that the tree, mistletoe, holly, ivy, the date of Christmas and even the cross are pagan symbols usurped by Christianity is enough for me. 

On another note, AronRa's brain is one of the wonders of the modern world.

[storksforever2000]

@soso sigh... i hate it when people do this. the cross is a symbol of two sticks dude. Its been around since the dawn of time, universally. Just because another group decided to use it doesnt mean they "usurped" it. And even if they did, it doesnt say anything about the religion they adhere to. It doesnt make their beliefs any less plausible.

I'm not religious, it just pisses me off when people say things that are kind of like the truth but not actually are. Youre as bad as fundamentalists.

[TheSoSoAgnostic]

Pseudo intellectual in the house. An easily pissed off one at that. Not to mention reactionary. If you can imagine from that brief, fairly innocuous comment that I am as bad as fundamentalists, you lack even a modicum of good judgment. You even got my gender wrong.

[storksforever2000]

people who stretch the truth and act as if theyre telling the whole truth? yeah... thats exactly what fundamentalists (of any religion) do. you should be able to tell the ACTUAL truth when it comes to important shit like this, otherwise you end up decieving people. thats what i dont get. "Decieving people" is often one the the biggest gripes nontheists have with religion, yet when you do it yourself, your just as bad. Thats called "hypocrisy".

[storksforever2000]

also, "dude" doesnt have to mean "guy". as if it matters. you still didnt say anything about anything.

[OuroborosChoked]

Daaaamn... Santa's metal!

[2unearth]

LOL This is GREAT!

[Jamesuni]

Your story telling is right on. Great video

[jebus6kryst]

Bravo!

[canaan1967]

Isn't this closer to the actual pagan myth. He was more like a grim reaper type figure.

[ratholin]

You're thinking of black peter. It's another case of those dual gods thing. Santa gives presents to good children. Black peter stuffs bad children in a leather sack and takes them away to eat them.

[wearealltubes]

@ratholin

Santa: The white klu klux knight of an ancient xenophobic story? Did Santa make up Peter to cover up for his own misdeeds? And why doesn't Peter have a job in the supermarket anymore?

[ratholin]

actually santa was born in turkey and wasn't white more middle eastern than white. Peter doesn't work in the super market because he got a PR representive changed his name and now does a kid's show in england called blue peter.

[educatedAtheist]

LOVE IT

[mafarmerga]

First time I've rated you less than a five.

Don't know about you but I don't think the magic of childhood had any long term negative effects on me. I actually am coming to believe that going through a positive fantasy stage in one's life allows us later on to distinguish fantasy from reality.

Something a lot of poorly adjusted adults have trouble with today.

[willowtreephoto]

I wonder if any research has been done on that?

[mafarmerga]

Hard to know how one would construct the design for that experiment, especially on human subjects.

[scarletredtv]

It left me a bit traumatized.

[popecorkyxxiv]

Bow down! Bow down! Before the power of Santa. Or be crushed. Be crushed. By, his jolly boots of doom! (taken from Invader Zim: The most horrible X-mas ever)

[EyeLean5280]

Very funny!

It reminds me of how Santa Claus was actually portrayed in Austria & Germany. He brought switches to whip all the bad little boys and girls.

[pikemand1410]

GREAT!!! Thank you SOOOOOOO much AronRa now i'm too scared to sleep.

I'm not kidding that scared the shit out of me.

[practicalmagic9]

bad aronra...bad!

haha! you made my day!

[wearealltubes]

This video basically rules in every sense. Did you see Dom0ne's response to it? A bit off the santa topic, but still most excellent.

[BFGStevo]

In the related video list there is a clip "how to make beer battered shrimp"

What logic does that follow.

[Giuvannuzzeddu]

Wicked good.

[LycaonCaesar]

All Christmassy now.

[masana2007]

I think parents should show this to their kids during christmas time... I'm sure I will!

:D

I care naught about christmas time, nor anything remotely similar to it. It's not about giving or sharing, it's all about BS.

It's a campaign for 2010: Tell the truth for a change.

[DracoReincarnated]

wat

[gregrutz]

Glad I didn't see this as a kid !

[intelligentfalling]

wow. I love the art. Did you draw the pix?

[gforce527]

Ungulates! They are called ungulates! Gary Larson had the same problem with one of his Far Side panels, I'm sure you've got it on your refrigerator.

[toecutterr6]

The blood of christ is actually an ancient gallic/paganistic ritual in which one would ingest the menstrual blood of mother earth (Gaia).

[toecutterr6]

The western iteration of Santa Claus derives from the Phrygian/Mythraic cult of the fungus. The 'Amanita Muscaria' mushroom, (red/white), grows under pine trees in the northern hemisphere. These psychedelic mushrooms, (need to be dried/toxic to the liver when fresh), are the original symbology behind the priests transubstantiation ritual of the body/blood of christ.

[coralarch]

@toecutter Are you familiar with John Allegro's book on this subject?

[toecutterr6]

No, sounds interesting though.

[coralarch]

Allegro believes that Jesus was merely an hallucinogenic mushroom and that it was venerated due to its resemblance to a penis. Fascinating stuff.

[robskalas]

That's one scary Santa!

[Theoriginal8ball]

Arrrrrgh!! All my childhood nightmares just resurfaced! Curse you Aron Ra!

[Vonensor]

That was really cool AronRa! You're right, not what I expected but I definitely enjoyed.

Peace

Von

[mdgraden]

LOL, no need to apologize, this was great!

[peteq1972]

kris Kringle i`ve heard of the other day.

[dawkinsbeagle]

Brilliant, five stars.

[bdpickett]

very nice. good and creepy.

Did you draw that yourself? If so, very nice.

[billythefifer]

Just like the theist's god he gets all the credit for our hard work. Santa traps for sale only $40- each.

[coralarch]

@billythefifer- Santa traps- LMAO!! Please tell us more. LOL

[billythefifer]

It's a very large outlawed bear trap with teeth cuningly disguised as a comfy chair and bated with a glass of sherry and cake.

Sherry and cake not supplied.

[coralarch]

@billy- what else can I say but this: HO HO HO.

You should be a comedy writer.

[Omikron420]

I love the new spin on Santa very awesome

[Wladek89HU]

Priceless!

[zgbrotherhood]

Santa rape

[bulbinking]

I think I love you for making this.

[asteroth876]

Can't sleep, Santa will eat me....

Can't sleep, Santa will eat me....

[TheFartoholic]

haha

[Anghellik9]

Seriously made me laugh my ass off with the truth of it all.

[TheCanadianDude]

I always knew that guy was evil.

[shaunad1967]

Holy shit, and I make my kids leave out milk, a carrot and a mince pie for this guy.

Great vid, as usual from AronRa

[boonw]

You know, I am pretty sure that santa claus is a nazi. Think of it, he has this remote arctic base capable of withstanding anything the arctic throws at it, with no hope of escape. In his base, he has a bunch of enslaved midgets who work day in day out to make toys for christian children, every day of the year, and specifically goes out of his way to not deliver gifts to jewish children.

Unless he is the dutch santa, then he has a black slave steal your stuff. I wish I was joking.

[formless777]

Nonsense ! Santa is a large communist commisar running a gulag for ideologically non-conformist homosexuals (faeries & elves). Once a year they distribute their production to the masses. Santa Claus has a flying sleigh with reindeer due to a translation error by central committee which he was forced to abide by. He also has close ties to the secret police by which he monitors his distribution based on party loyalty amongst minors. He runs an illegal milk and cookie concession from his dacha.

[Dragmack]

I believe his official title within the Politburo was "Chief of the People's Commissariat for the Wintertime Celebratory Redistribution of Resources".

[ashman165]

10/10

[dunsedog]

Do you think that he is a "Socialism in one country" type or a "world revolution" kinda communist?

[formless777]

Definitely a world revolution type. The reds aren't under the bed, they're coming down the chimney paratrooper style.

[hotbananapants]

LMAO hahahahaha! Oh wow!

And I really did get a chill up my spine when I saw Santa's face in the window XD

[Saromatae]

Pagans already have that scary, intimidating, bad little children, angle all covered. Look up in wikipedia "Krampus" or "Companions of Saint Nicholas".

Santa brings gifts to all the good little kids but look who originally brought coal or a switch to punish them with, when they were naughty. That shit will prematurely age the little rug rats.

[goodgooglegoo]

WOW

now that's what I call Scary .,....

[VincentPhil]

In Germany, Santa Klaus is actually a scary figure, pretty much like this. He's coming to whip and bludgeon the bad kids...

[Atalantius]

There is only one word for this: EPIC!

[dude12nothin]

epicx2

[genobahamut1337]

I just have one word for you, AronRa. Epic. XD

[coralarch]

Funniest thing I've seen in years! Bwahahahaha!!!

[TheAnMish]

Hehe.. awesome.

Santa Claws is comming to town!

-and yes, it's misspelled on purpose.

[PhoenixFirewolf]

Lol, this is epic.

This reminds me of how my friend and I came to the conclusion that Santa is a viking. xD

[CromDubMonday]

Santa Claus is scarier than Freddy Krueger

[PluripotentBrain]

...and even scary than Chad Kroeger!

[mightyampersand]

love it.

[FaithNoMore1977]

lol that was awesome!

Good job Aron.

[abama84]

That was awesome lmao

[JRChadwick]

Wow. That's clever. How did you make the illustrations?

[GriffinPilgrim]

Oh, outstanding!

[unvorsum]

Awesome!

[michielvanh]

waste of bandwidth, but apologies accepted.

;-)

[ClanRewired]

Foetus! Awesome!

[CerisePsyche]

This is hysterical, I had the only 2 children that made me promise Santa would not get in our house. I would say, "Don't you want lots of toys" and they would scream, " NO, we do not need any more toys!"

They are now grown up and I am going to show them this video.

[fonna]

@CerisePsyche

lol

[DiverforPort]

@fonna LOL never thought of Santa as creepy before.

[Nakedhominid]

What? A fat beared man, who sneaks into childrens bedrooms and gives them "presents?"

[DiverforPort]

@Nakedhominid Well I guess I am trying to think like an innocent child that Santa is a Grandfather type all happy and fat and fun to be around. This video reminds me of Tim Hawkins Scary bedtime prayer, thats a funny video if you want to see it here at YT.

[Zetimenvec]

the santa lore always freaked me out when I was a kid, this reminds me of my worried days between 6 and 10

[CoolFire666]

hahahaha, excellent

[paulchartley]

EPIC WIN!

[pschierhorn]

Ever watched the movie "Santa's Slay"?

[Grospoliner]

Santa the Axe Murderer haha.

Nice artwork on the fat man though.

[a2zdiy]

Win!

[mwildish]

You sick bastard..LOL

[throttlehorn]

Love it!

[BoingotheClown]

LOL

This is kind of like the Adventure Quest character of Kringle the Barbarian, a former toy maker who now roams the countryside in winter killing battling adventurers with his slay bells. (Yes. That's "slay", not "sleigh".)

[ponybottle]

Satan Claws! Hee Hee Hee

[Lpoolboy]

Haha, excellent.

[KampfKeks04]

Awesome, just awesome. And also sooooo true. :)

[jakobole]

Hilarious!

[DeletedDelusion]

Awesome, LOL

[michaelmaage]

rofl!

Marry christmas btw :)

[Zaroth123]

lol wut

[fragelius]

satans claws :p

[bobble12221]

Excellent!

[Paxmax]

That looked like Thor in the wrong setting!

[javixm]

holy shit .... this is the most original santa ever!!!!!!!!!

[47f0]

This explains sooooo many things...

I mean, how many grown men actually *want* a bunch of strange kids wriggling on their lap all day?

[thoomoo]

Its not santa its michael jackson

[theeyeisblind]

definately a badass idea for a hollywood movie

imagine a huge budget to produce such an idea?

[Methelin]

@theeyeisblind: i think a film was made in that idiom. It was called Bad Santa, if i remember correctly. And it was a horror b-movie.

[Epitome613]

@Methelin:

Horror B-movie = Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Bad Santa = comedy movie from a few year back.

[Methelin]

wow shit, you're right. I guess that's the price you pay for not taking the time to look something up on wikipedia =)

thanks!

[Epitome613]

Well, I used IMDB, but same shit. :)

[sandman83jmw]

Amazing

[kmg501]

heh, interesting take on the lore..

[mandangalo18]

EPIC

[SugarFreeDLy]

Hilarious.

[mathlaura]

I quintillionth the suggestion that Aron do some Johnny Cash.

[Lumby1]

Pretty dark, but sometimes life is like that. I got a smile. No apologies necessary, nice work! And Merry Christmas to you all!

[ProfetaParanoia]

I always thought thoose lyrics were creepy as hell

[CosmicSeaman]

This is pretty da-da-damn freaky mister!

[aKindofHeart]

Hogfather? No, no the boars are missing. But still...

[eksortso]

Nice work! Bonus kudos for putting Foetus in there.

[ofpfury]

Excellent vid

[pokerslut530]

awesome! 5 stars!

[user11235813213455]

Santa's didn't come for anyone this season, he was too busy robbing banks.

[emkajii]

XMFD

[ViralMessiah]

that was fuckin awesome...nice job man

[borrofburi]

That was kickass.

This is mentioned in Buffy: that santa was real, and came down the chimey, but he didn't exactly bring gifts...

[Tavera12]

awesome

[CoolMom85]

This was really cool.. very talented.

[ZenoFerox]

Our house didn't have a chimney. It used to creep me out that Santa was supposed to be able to get into our house without any obvious means of ingress. Spooky! This video captures the uncomfortable feeling I used to have on Christmas Eve, which was not entirely assuaged by the assurances that the mysterious midnight intruder would be bringing gifts. (After all, the result of the year we were supposed to scorn offers of gifts from strange old men.)

[FloydsFraGG]

fucking funny

[1triggerhappy1]

Im scared :S

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

btw: 486th! :D

[jawtheshark]

Not expected?  Perhaps not... but I think it's spectacular.... :-)