[pcfrisch]

You know, I don't get mad easily, but when I seen this, I hit the roof. Now they are picking on Santa, they has crossed the line!
Santa is supposed to set an example by slimming down? How many kids get fat because the want to be like Santa? LEAVE SANTA ALONE!!!!!
This had better not come to America
Give me a break.

Santa is being told to shift the pounds before Christmas - because the obese saint is failing to set a "good example" for children.
The traditional children's hero, best known for feasting on mince pies left out on Christmas eve, has always sported a bulging midriff.
But shopping centre bosses are giving the well-wisher his marching orders - to the nearest gym - to tackle the increasing problem of obesity.
The revelation comes after a medical report earlier this month stated that by 2050 more than 50 per cent of Brits will be obese.
Bluewater shopping centre in Greenhithe, Kent, has even gone one step further and set-up a Santa boot camp.
Fiona Campbell-Reilly, spokeswoman at the shopping centre, said: "Santa has been around for years, but society has changed and our Santa needs to reflect this.
"Bluewater's Santa Boot Camp is getting Santa in shape and setting a good example to children who idolise him.
"He will still be the same lovable jolly man, but will be fitter and healthier."
Despite Santa burning 600 calories an hour from delivering presents, the problem lies in the tasty mince pies left as a treat.
If he ate every single mince pie left for him by eager children in the UK he would gain an astonishing 721,000 lbs.
Dr Charmaine Griffiths, spokesperson from the British Heart Foundation, said: "The bootcamp would encourage people to get a bit more active - it is a great idea.
"If you are budding santa or a hopeful elf, then we should all be taking steps to being fit and healthier at Christmas.
"Half an hour of exercise, three days a week could make your heart healthier. I think that like most of us, santa could be doing more to make himself that little bit fitter.
"He can have a pie every so often but try to squeeze in a few carrots as well."

[JudisStang]

So they're telling me it's not the high sodium, high fat, super fast and easy lunchables and junky fast food - or allowing them to play video games constantly... but it's Santa? Give me a F$@!#% BREAK.

[Punxsy Stang]

Ho Ho Ho whats next ... no sitting on his lap at the mall because it might make some young kid turn werid ?

BTW ... Santa has a Gland problem and doesn`t really over eat !

[JB02GT]

Being that Santa is a few hundred years old, his health must be pretty good. Maybe he's been smart enough to avoid stressing over his weight. After all, stress can lead to heart attacks...

Once they whip Santa into shape, whose next? The Chinese Buddha?

[red pony chick]

That's sad that Santa has to diet
Next they will be picking on the jolly green giant

[shelbystangman]

Originally Posted by JudisStang

- or allowing them to play video games constantly... .

hey hey hey its not playing video games that makes you fat its the eating all day and doing nothing all day that makes you fat

[stlwagon]

Pretty sad when imaginary people need to diet.

[EagleAutosports]

Let me guess... it's the same people who made Warner Bros. stop having Porky Pig stutter, and the Road Runner/Coyote stop dropping boulders on each other. Now they go into therapy and talk it out...

[hotshot]

Originally Posted by stlwagon

Pretty sad when imaginary people need to diet.

I agree fully. But Santa is not fat anyway. he is just husky

[JudisStang]

Originally Posted by hotshot

I agree fully. But Santa is not fat anyway. he is just husky

LMAO - oh my god hotshot - I am still laughing... BTW, Victorian Santa's are/were skinny - the advertising company for Coke made him "husky"... lol

Originally Posted by EagleAutosports

Let me guess... it's the same people who made Warner Bros. stop having Porky Pig stutter, and the Road Runner/Coyote stop dropping boulders on each other. Now they go into therapy and talk it out...

Excellent points Denne ~ And this goes all the way back to my "Real Men" posts on another thread a while back... We've ruined everything.... It's a darn shame, isn't it???

[hotshot]

Family guy hit the nail right on the head with its episode on censorship. Its everywhere and its taking over our lives.

[GT08TN]

Originally Posted by JudisStang

LMAO - oh my god hotshot - I am still laughing... BTW, Victorian Santa's are/were skinny - the advertising company for Coke made him "husky"... lol

We manly-men are not fat, we're FLUFFY...

[pcfrisch]

Originally Posted by stlwagon

Pretty sad when imaginary people need to diet.

What do you mean "imaginary"

[JB02GT]

Eat right. Excercise. Die anyway.

Just ask Jim Fixx! Oh, wait, you can't - he's dead.

[JudisStang]

Originally Posted by shelbystangman

hey hey hey its not playing video games that makes you fat its the eating all day and doing nothing all day that makes you fat

lmao - that would constitute children playing countless hours of video games... lol

Originally Posted by GT08TN

We manly-men are not fat, we're FLUFFY...

Fat, Fluffy, Chubby, Chunky, Husky, Thick, Large, Rotund, Adipose Tissue, whatever you call it... it's all good! We're all out of the same mold anyway...

Originally Posted by JB02GT

Eat right. Excercise. Die anyway.

Just ask Jim Fixx! Oh, wait, you can't - he's dead.

LMAO!!!