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36. I got into real trouble

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 08:57 AM

Dec 2013

I got into real trouble when I was 7 years old & a student in a Catholic grammar school in Manhattan....I asked Sister why were all the statues & images of Mary and Jesus made with blond hair & blues eyes? After all, I said, Bethlehem and Nazareth were not suburbs of Oslo or Stockholm.... She told me I shouldn't ask such questions.....of course, being an Irish matriarch in training, I never stopped!!

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Fox News host Megyn Kelly says Jesus and Santa are white [View all] hue Dec 2013 OP

They actually had a panel discussing Santa Claus. Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #1

Well, the rest of their agenda... paleotn Dec 2013 #11

Does anyone think that she believes Santa is OMG, real????? TNNurse Dec 2013 #44

Arguing over the appearance of fictional characters? cosmicone Dec 2013 #2

Homer is YELLOW MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #6

Murphy Brown is a bad example for women everywhere! Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #17

"verifiable fact" Eugene Dec 2013 #3

Only War on Xmas, Santa are in Fox News Corp Lack of Brains, they just Make Shit Up call it News! mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #4

Maybe - but god is african american.... geckosfeet Dec 2013 #5

And female... pkdu Dec 2013 #7

And gay. Rozlee Dec 2013 #40

And tired of all this shit shebornik Dec 2013 #49

And walks with a limp. tblue Dec 2013 #50

God is Gallifreyan, a Time Lord, that is. tclambert Dec 2013 #72

I heard they were both the color of water. I learned they were chameleons, assuming the attributes� Journeyman Dec 2013 #8

Nuts is may be but its also more than 12 hours old. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #9

Jesus Christ! chuckstevens Dec 2013 #10

I got into real trouble druidqueen Dec 2013 #36

In defense of the idiot teeveenewslady... small D democrat Dec 2013 #48

Think again - did the blue eyed blonde genes come from the ME karynnj Dec 2013 #59

I considered that. small D democrat Dec 2013 #63

Washington Post has FAWNING article about her today Faygo Kid Dec 2013 #12

Everyone is poltical wilt the stilt Dec 2013 #31

of course being political is no guarantee you have a (functional) brain 0rganism Dec 2013 #66

Right, because he was from northern Europe, not the Middle East sakabatou Dec 2013 #13

And Jesus wore a Caterpillar cap Wolf Frankula Dec 2013 #15

Jesus drove a John Deere. danggumit!!! Thor_MN Dec 2013 #32

Oh, please. Jesus and Santa were both upper class British. merrily Dec 2013 #22

No, they're Wall St. tycoons. Rozlee Dec 2013 #41

The cat's outta the bag! Fox is run by pagans! Jesus is not Santa Claus! n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #14

Don't tell Megyn, but while Jesus was a white Semite, he was still a Jew Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #16

How do you know Jesus was white? merrily Dec 2013 #23

Because Semites are white Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #24

I've seen many Semites I would consider more "brown" than white. merrily Dec 2013 #25

Jesus was probably quite dark. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #34

Nicholas was Turkish KareBear Dec 2013 #37

The tradition of St. Nikolaus giving gifts to children on Dec. 6 was absolutely Dutch. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #42

The Orthodox would disagree. JohninPA Dec 2013 #58

Do you also have the Krampus tradition? JDPriestly Dec 2013 #62

Not to my knowledge JohninPA Dec 2013 #78

This interests me very much. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #80

Black Dutch Ancestry comes from the Old World. DhhD Dec 2013 #51

Yes. The Dutch traveled a lot. We are all one. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #70

The part of modern day Turkey where he was born was Greek then. merrily Dec 2013 #85

BBC has this depiction of Jesus big_dog Dec 2013 #68

Yes, this Nonhlanhla Dec 2013 #75

Thanks! JDPriestly Dec 2013 #76

The white-bearded fat guy in the red suit comes from Coke ads. Frank Cannon Dec 2013 #82

The original was much skinnier. The earliest I saw looked Dutch, definitely Dutch. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #83

You're absolutely right, of course. Frank Cannon Dec 2013 #84

I've heard many white supremacists say leftynyc Dec 2013 #38

That makes absolutely no sense Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #43

Of course it makes no sense leftynyc Dec 2013 #53

Rubbish shaayecanaan Dec 2013 #47

Jews /Canaanites went back and forth to Egypt over many years before and during the time of Christ. DhhD Dec 2013 #56

Clarification: Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #64

This reply is about white skin due to latitude of the Earth and its harmful radiation from the DhhD Dec 2013 #71

Jesus looked just like all the middle eastern Muslims that they are so afraid of. phleshdef Dec 2013 #26

Yep. Just like the Arabs they hate. merrily Dec 2013 #27

"The Real Face Of Jesus" handmade34 Dec 2013 #61

Guess she wouldn't like this Tom Waites song Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2013 #18

Skin like burnt brass & hair like wool lib87 Dec 2013 #19

I am very familiar with the wool bit, but not the skin like burnt brass bit. merrily Dec 2013 #21

Learn Something New Everyday! lib87 Dec 2013 #29

I don't want to lead you astray. merrily Dec 2013 #30

Yes, the Middle East was all white before the Red Menace. merrily Dec 2013 #20

Someone needs to tell ME-GYN to STHU.... LovingA2andMI Dec 2013 #28

Megyn Kelly-Time's Santa Claus Race Expert of the Year! Cha Dec 2013 #33

all this time I thought Akim was black santa.... big_dog Dec 2013 #69

in fact megyn rafeh1 Dec 2013 #35

Well, Megyn was not leftynyc Dec 2013 #39

So is Megan Kelly, but we're fighting for the cure. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #45

Well, aren't they? mathematic Dec 2013 #46

When I was growing up Tien1985 Dec 2013 #54

Juanita Jean had some fun with this story Gothmog Dec 2013 #52

Nonsense IDemo Dec 2013 #55

Love your reply Nonsense; black rye and blond wheat! DhhD Dec 2013 #79

What next? Shall we argue over the ethnicity of the tooth fairy? Cthulhu? Jester Messiah Dec 2013 #57

Imaginary? JohninPA Dec 2013 #60

According to Colbert, the Tooth Fairy is Latina Gothmog Dec 2013 #67

Let's argue over which sauce the Flying Spaghetti Monster has! csziggy Dec 2013 #74

even Santa is questionable paulkienitz Dec 2013 #65

Depraved, racist assholes n/t tabasco Dec 2013 #73

I heard she still farts on the air. Historic NY Dec 2013 #77

People like this make me tired. spiderpig Dec 2013 #81