One of the great myths of American childhood is the premise of Santa Claus, living at the North Pole and coming to all the good little girls and boys on Christmas.

Another great American myth, courtesy of the Republican party and climate change deniers world-wide, is that global warming isn't happening.

Now, due to the herculean efforts of the Freeway Blogger, those two myths have collided head-on in a two-sign series.

The first sign reads "If you think telling kids there's no Santa is hard," and the second reads "Try telling them there's no North Pole."

Ouch.

This is an Open Thread.

Here's a commentary on Xmas that is simultaneously funny and serious. It comes to us from an interesting site--Scholars and Rogues. There are some interesting links in the rest of the post that it make it worth checking out for yourselves. Here's the site.