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I hope were the only ones stupid enough to debate that. At least that way I can sleep well at night knowing this doesn't happen in other countries too.

haha! excellent point. I guess we'll just have to add this onto the list of other national embarrassments along with a 40% denial of evolution and 17th place on education.

Don't they debate the race of Schwartze Peter (Black Peter) in The Netherlands (or at least the appropriateness of it)?

Yep

We are thinking of the same Santa Claus here right?

The Holly Jolly fellow with the beer belly? are there others that I may be ignorantly unaware of?

I wasn't sure if you were referencing the actual st nicholas, in which case you'd be right-there was someone of that name and nature. But you believe in Santa Claus?

Do I believe in Santa Claus, as in the jolly fellow? No, but like most small children, I did when I was younger. I do not believe it to be an absurd thing for parents to tell their kids Santa exists though.

No, that's one thing, but debating it on national television or on a online site as full fact and actually getting into a heated debate about the race of Santa Claus???

Oh, then I misinterpreted the question a little bit. If people go to lengths such as those and are legitimately, for lack of a better term, agro about such topics, then yes that is quite absurd.

Same here. Again another example the whole PC thing is getting out of hand..

Yes, they do