Having grown up in the northern hemisphere I have a particular mental image of Father Christmas/Santa Claus/Saint Nick/whatever. It involves a lot of clothing, topped with a lined robe. Y’know, typical cold weather gear.
In the southern hemisphere, do you get the same? If so, how come the poor guys cosplaying as him don’t overheat?
No because we don’t have mall Santas. It’s a product of corporatism and capitalism.
Do you think corporatism and capitalism only exist in the northern hemisphere?
Do you think mall Santas exist everywhere, or do you realise that different cultures have different traditions?
I suspect they exist in Australia
Yeah but they’re called shopping centre santas not mall santas.
Kiwi here. We have malls and shopping centers, but only mall Santas
You have malls and shopping centres? I thought they were the same thing. Whats the difference?
There’s no functional difference, we just use both terms. It’s a bit arbitrary, but generally once a mall is a mall we stick with that and vice versa. E.g. “Westfield St Lukes” is known as “St Lukes mall” colloquially by pretty much everyone.
Die Anglosphäre ist nicht ganz überall.
Germans in the southern hemisphere… Where have I heard it before… 🤔
Ja, aber ich weiß nicht ob die espanolsphere oder die frankafrique hat Santa Claus.
Und ihren Kolonie ist vergesslich
No, but I’d wager there’s at least one mall in the southern hemisphere that employs at least one Santa, making your assertion incorrect.
That’s not really “everywhere”. Not all 180-200 countries have them.
I never said they were “everywhere” that was your goal post. I’m only saying they exist in the southern hemisphere as well as the northern hemisphere. If you’re trolling, you’re bad at it.
Nice to see that Reddit’s pointless arguments exist on Lemmy too. I’m gonna feel at home here.