What a Sad Joke
BY: RADHAVALLABHA DASA (BVNM)
Dec 31, NETHERLANDS (SUN) — "Santa Harinam"...it could have been a funny compromise of Gaudiya Vaisnavism with the local customs in order to facilitate the Sankirtana mission of Lord Caitanya, if only the same person who posted this article would stop posting articles to prove his personal issues with Vaisnavas outside of the organisation he claims to represent.
If one soberly looks at the background of Christmas and Santa Claus, one could conclude that Christmas is, roughly speaking, a mixture between Christian and pagan culture, and Santa Claus does (I am sorry) not belong to any authorised Vaisnava sampradaya either.
Similarly, somebody wrote a booklet called "Siksa Outside of ISKCON", whereas we may find the arca-vigraha in his temple dressed in pagan Santa Claus outfit.
What a sad joke.
Radhavallabha dasa
