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South Africa Pulls Plug on Santa Claus Mail
« on: Dec 12th, 2003, 1:53am » |
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South Africa Pulls Plug on Santa Claus Mail
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - For South African children there is no Santa Claus this year -- and that's official.
South Africa's Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for the country's Post Office that gave children an address to write to Santa Claus with their Christmas wishes.
In a ruling this week the Authority said the Post Office was "profiting from the natural credulity of children."
"It creates the impression, in the mind of the credulous child, that by writing to the given address she/he will be writing to Santa Claus, who, according to the Santa Claus myth, will then bring him/her the requested presents," it said.
The Authority banned the advertisement, upholding a complaint which said it encouraged "a falsehood that could break the fragile spirits of the already disillusioned youth of South Africa."
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