AIBU in thinking penguins should be banned...

[Mysterian]

...from Christmas related things. Santa lives at the North Pole and penguins at the South Pole. They are NOT Christmassy and yet they get their little beaky faces plastered on cards and T-shirts and wrapping paper.

Sticking Santa hats on random animals does not make them a symbol of Christmas.

If you want to be accurate, according to New Scientist a lot of the wildlife at the Nativity would have been flesh eating parasites… https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19893-zoologger-christmas-special-the-biology-of-the-stable/

I thought that too and was up for defending them as they’re my favourite biscuit, especially the mint ones😂

That is a very good point. Last week when I was smirking at penguins being at the North Pole with Santa I didn't consider how the penguins felt. If they want to be on a Christmas card or visit the North Pole then so they should, it's their Christmas too!

Penguin skeletons are not how you think they’d be.

A very literal and neuro diverse friend had girlfriend who dressed quite flamboyantly in the late 90s. Her winter outfit included a faux suede and faux fur coat embroidered with animals from different polar regions cavorting about together. When he explained this was ‘all wrong’ she was not impressed. He did rate the white leather trousers she wore with it though. She was like a younger and more glam Su Pollard. Another seasonal speciality was wearing the top of a Santa costume as a dress with fishnet tights 😂

Robins supposedly have red breasts because they tried to pull the thorns from Jesus's crown. So they are legit.

(Although knowing robins, had one actually been around the crucifixion it is less likely to have displayed pious avian sympathy and more likely have responded with 'Red thing in my territory! Attack it!)

Robins + Christmas is to do with Christmas cards and postmen: https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2019/12/why-do-we-associate-robins-with-christmas/

Santa doesn’t live at the North Pole, he lives in Lapland…… der !

No they shouldn't as people can still be wintery and festive if they don't celebrate Santa festive Xmas day traditionally- and all the South Africans and Australians only have penguins to celebrate with!

The baby Jesus loves penguins too.

I thought the biscuits 🙊

According to the Dutch Santa lives in Spain …. 😧

wrong of course Santa doesn’t speak Spanish so why would he live there (some may recognise this line …)

Whilst we’re talking about Santa being Spanish, here is your ear worm for today ..

OP you’ve said polo bears twice which makes me think it wasn’t a typo and you actually call them polo bears, which I love.

i agree on the penguins btw. My parents have some old Christmas decorations which are Eskimo (Inuit? Indigenous people of the arctic circle?) themed and it always annoyed me - just because they live in a cold place doesn’t mean they’re anything to do with Christmas??

Who cares? They are cute and kids love cute things, it's for them not you. In the nicest way get a grip x