Review: Judgmental Santa
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2013
The first bit of this book, along with the plot idea, I loved.  I loved hearing the heartwarming and the odd things that happened to Stew the mall Santa.  And I love how much Stew loved being Santa.  That said, after awhile I start getting annoyed with Stew.  He comes across as very Judgmental and condenscending.  For example, he always comments on the heavier women and children.  He judges how people parent...and sometimes I agreed with his points of view and sometimes not so much.  He had a black couple come to visit Santa with their child and made a huge deal about how Santa knows no color boundaries.  In my eyes, that was racist.  Why was this such a huge deal?  The worst part was when a grandma, a younger aged mom, and young child came to visit Santa.  The daughter was on Santa's lap and she kept opening her legs and probably flashing the line a bit.  The grandma yelled "Keep your legs shut" and Santa thought to himself, "You should have told your daughter that".  Um, oh my goodness.  I'm glad Santa stays firmly behind that beard.  Sometimes the illusion is better than knowing the man inside.