Posted on 12/20/2005 6:58:26 PM PST by Tamar1973
Just five days left until Santa makes his yearly appearance, and it leaves me wondering: Is Santa Claus a Jedi?
Some friends and I are pretty much convinced Santa is a Jedi, for the following reasons:
1) He wears the same clothes all the time.
2) He has supernatural speed and agility.
3) He's a keeper of the peace, not a soldier.
4) He's an excellent pilot, and he has a speeder we call a sleigh.
5) I would be willing to bet Sith are on his "naughty" list.
6) Given that he is responsible for the manufacture of most toys, he certainly has made many of his own lightsabers. Mostly little tiny plastic ones, but lightsabers nonetheless.
7) Some might think he's a "crazy old wizard."
8) He can sense Dark and Light side.
9) He could use the Jedi mind trick on the people who are still awake when he comes. (A slight wave of the hand ... You don't see a jolly fat man in a red suit ... I don't see a jolly fat man in a red suit ...)
10) He has the beard of a Jedi.
11) He wears the colors of the Republic: red and white!
12) His elves are related to Yoda.
13) When 900 years old you are, look as good you will not.
Santa's being a Jedi would definitely explain how his reindeer can fly.
I looked for Santa in the Jedi Temple scenes from the recent Star Wars movies, but I never did see him. That doesn't mean he wasn't in there somewhere, though. Maybe I'll go back and rewatch "The Empire Strikes Back" a little more closely to see if I can spot his old residence on Hoth.
I feel safe in saying he could have learned "Ho Ho Ho" from Jabba the Hutt (or maybe that's backward).
And he most certainly uses his Jedi powers to squeeze himself through chimneys, not to mention he travels all around the world in one night. He would have to use Force speed to do that (and Force healing abilities when he lands in the fire of a fireplace)!
So yes Virginia, Santa is a Jedi. I'm betting his lightsaber fell into a sack of toys (or he lost it when he crashed to Earth) and then there was some little boy, somewhere, who terrorized his sister, maybe even cut off her hand with it. Either way, we have treasured him.
Come Saturday night, if I see Santa flying a Jedi Starfighter, I think I'll just take a drink of rum and go back to sleep.
Merry Christmas and may the Force be with you all!
ping
And also with you...
Santa eats Cookies and Milk and he has a cute little pot belly.
Jedi's you never see eat and they are slim and trim.
"May the force be with you"
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