Santa is so nasty and non-understanding
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giamatt02 — 16 years ago(December 02, 2009 06:10 PM)
They all drive Rudolph away from his home and almost get him killed by Bumble! And then when Santa has need for that nose, all of a sudden he's fine with Rudolph. Nice lesson to teach the kiddies, lol And then the fat bastard doesn't even land the sleigh, he just tosses the toys out randomly! Who the hell knows where they're landing? Would be nice if they finally get off the island and then are run over by a truck!
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chatanuga — 16 years ago(December 10, 2009 11:24 AM)
"If you watch carefully Burl Ives says they started to be nice to Rudolph and Hermy after the rescue at the cave but before the bad weather report."
True, but listen to Santa's tone of voice when he's about to cancel Christmas. Rudolph's nose starts to glow. In a frustrated/disgusted voice, he says, "Rudolph, could you tone it down a bit? I mean, that nose of yours." It sounded to me like he wasn't totally accepting of Rudolph's nose until he realized the benefit of using Rudolph to guide his sleigh. -
stevenackerman69 — 15 years ago(August 20, 2010 04:35 PM)
Well, it was shining in his face. That would be irritating to anyone. He was trying to explain something but was distracted by the shining nose at first, then realized the shining nose solved the problem.
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sailorspysedna — 11 years ago(December 03, 2014 05:23 PM)
Um, no. I don't see Donner as a jerk. He was trying to
get Rudolph to join the sleigh team and he did
teach Rudolph how to hunt and what to do as a reindeer.
He also told Rudolph that self-respect (respect for Rudolph himself) was more important than comfort. And notice how he encourages Rudolph to join the other deer at the games.
I think that he was just trying to do what was best for his son, but was a bit too harsh. And remember that he did apologize at the end. -
ExplorerDS6789 — 16 years ago(December 25, 2009 01:15 AM)
It's true Santa isn't depicted as the benevolent, big, jolly fellow he's seen to be. I think this depiction shows Santa as an imperfect human being. Sort of a henpecked, grumpy old man. After all, is Santa jolly ALL the time?
Sure he's flabbergasted at Rudolph's shining nose. This is unusual, so of course he wouldn't understand it and wouldn't foresee any practical use for it. After all, exactly how useful was Rudolph's nose before the storm? Even Rudolph felt bothered by it.
When Rudolph's nose is exposed at the reindeer games, I admit Santa was out of line for telling Donner he should be ashamed of himself.
The Elves Song Santa was clearly pre-occupied with other things on his mind, so they obviously picked a bad time to perform for him. Santa Claus is a busy man, don't forget. Planning all those stops around the world in just ONE night. That can't be too easy to do. On top of that, Mrs. Claus is nagging him to eat and eat because the children expect a fat Santa.
Santa's just being a critic. Harsh, but honest. Santa Claus would not lie.
Finally, Santa saying that without Donner he wouldn't be able to get his sleigh off the ground. That isn't being selfish. He's thinking about all the children of the world who would be disappointed without toys for Christmas.
In the end, "even Santa realizes that maybe HE was wrong." Santa is only human.
"We'll have to cancel Christmas" was basically his way of saying "cancel the trip". Saying "cancel Christmas" was more effective I guess.
You know, I wonder how he drops all his weight after Christmas is over. When we first see him, he's basically a skinny bean pole dressed as Sherlock Holmes. Maybe he gets liposuction.