Tommy Acosta

Sedona AZ (December 26, 2008) – What a nightmare. Santa comes knocking on the door on Christmas Eve, whips out a gun, shoots the eight-year old girl who answered in the face, walks into a family Christmas party, blows away a bunch of other innocent people, sprays them and the house with a flammable liquid, sets the place on fire, escapes and kills himself later with a single shot to the head.

It was an incredible message sent to the world, a message that succinctly captures the psychological disintegration occurring globally as we plunge further into an uncertain future fraught with fear and chaos.

Across America, around the planet, thousands, tens of thousands are losing their sustenance daily. There is no anchor for these people. Men and woman don’t know if they can any longer keep a roof over the heads of their families.

The wars are never ending and terror continues unabated. Disharmony and hate abound. People are losing touch with reality. People are in shock.

But…to have this happen on Christmas Eve, our most celebrated holiday, the symbolic day of rebirth and salvation for Christians and children around the world, well – it defies reason and comprehension – it is almost unfathomable in its horror. Santa, a man dressed in a Santa suit, delivers the gift of death to a family and friends on our blessed holiday.

Parents would be wise to shield their children from the newscasts of this momentous tragedy.

It was a grievous act, an act that marks the end of good in the world. When Santa, Santa’s persona, becomes a child murderer, what good is left, especially in a world bereft of heroes? Santa was our last.

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