Holiday mystery #229.3
Dec. 3rd, 2009 18:31![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starladyMaybe someday I will have a consequential post again. Actually, I just remembered one I meant to make, but in the meantime, an extremely consequential poll.
Okay, so. Have you ever heard that song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"? I always used to think that the song is a joke on its child narrator who doesn't get that his/her father is Santa Claus, but in light of other versions of the song, which feature a (male) child saying that he's going to tell his dad about his mom kissing Santa Claus, now I'm starting to wonder if the song isn'tin fact an expression of patriarchal norms keeping womenoppressed in the home (in the 50s, when the song was written).
Okay, so. Have you ever heard that song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"? I always used to think that the song is a joke on its child narrator who doesn't get that his/her father is Santa Claus, but in light of other versions of the song, which feature a (male) child saying that he's going to tell his dad about his mom kissing Santa Claus, now I'm starting to wonder if the song isn'tin fact an expression of patriarchal norms keeping women
Poll #1822 Holiday mystery #229.3, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7
The song is...
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A joke on the kid
3 (42.9%)
Patriarchal collusion between father & son in action
2 (28.6%)
Annoying
5 (71.4%)
Do you seriously use brain cells thinking about this?
1 (14.3%)
Mm, Christmas. Cookies, that is.
3 (42.9%)