Sigh. I had not heard the first reports.
But expose it as a fraud? And BOOM! All the news agencies have to pile on.
Nothing is real anymore...
Lemme guess, he is a demoncrat operative and planted fake news to prove fake news really exists.
Great..now even the real Santa isn’t real. :(
Ask Sam Venable about the late sportswriter Jim Dykes throwing him out of his own bass boat....
“When you get to those pearly gates, you tell ’em you’re Santa’s No. 1 elf, and I know they’ll let you in,” Schmitt-Matzen recalled telling the boy.
Reads to me that he won’t give up the family’s name - likely S they need their privacy. Can’t fault him for that. At this point they can’t disprove it - they just can’t confirm it. Headline is overly aggressive in stating that it’s unraveling just because it can’t be second sourced.
I have only one question - who contacted the reporter first? If it was ‘Santa’ then find the nurse, if not then who was it
I thought it sounded a bit fishy...
“Santa” must be a Russian.
A Tennessee TV station said the visit happened in late October, and Santa told them about it at the time. They said those people also produced text messages sent at the time between Santa, his wife and friends which indicate he was pretty shook up by the event and they were trying to comfort him.
The story that I posted about the Chick Fil A worker isn’t fake. So you can read this one for a heartwarming story
The thing that seemed off to me was the Santa, telling a reporter how wonderful he was. It sickened me. The Santa reminds me of a couple of rotten relatives I have.
those diabolical Russians obviously planted this story to discredit Santa. They’ll stop at nothing.
I have no idea why anyone should be upset about this, considering the invention of Satan Claus does nothing but keep Jesus from children. What a different country it would be if Jesus was celebrated, and not a fat liberal lie to entice our children.
it is not unraveling. he just doesn’t want to bring the family or hospital into the media circus. just because the media cannot locate anybody willing to ‘out’ the family, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
i wouldn’t’ tell either.
My glurge alarm went off.
What? A media source lying to get ratings? Tell kit ain’t so! /S
Knoxville does have a Children's Hospital that serves the region. The hospital is kid friendly meaning you are likely to go in and see volunteers dressed up as characters. I went over there years ago with a grandchild close to Halloween and workers were dressed up. Hospitals and workers must maintain patient privacy. IOW no names released without a signed permission. Simply because the family can not be located or will not come forward doesn't mean it didn't happen.
I stopped reading the paper due to the liberal management of it and it's liberal slant which has gotten worse since Scripts Howard sold it to USA or Gannet.
There is a reasonable possibility it could have happened and the family has a right to their privacy. Just because it didn't show up in the Obits means nothing either. The hospitals in Knoxville seeing most children will then be sent to the Children's Hospital for specialized care instead of other hospitals one even next door under protocol because children's doctors are in an adjoining profersional building and next door to a cancer center. Childrens Hospital serves not just Knoxville but most counties in east Tennessee are and many in Kentucky and SW Virginia. The hospital has a helo-pad and many get flown in form more remote areas. As well with the ever increasing funeral cost and the high cost of a newspaper Obit not all deaths make it to the paper.
Unless the person playing Santa says it didn't happen there is no way to verify nor for that matter deny.
I read it and thought something was off. Then I felt bad for thinking that. One of the things that bothered me was that the mother wasn’t in the room. Your child is dying and you are out of the room ... when your kid is there with Santa? It didn’t make sense.
I felt like a Grinch for what I thought, but as usual, my gut was right.