Is Santa a Role Model?

Is Santa setting a bad example by being overweight?

As reported on dietblog, some people think so.

So is obesity a moral issue?

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bchboy1 Says:
December 12, 2007 at 8:41 am | Reply
Dear God! please leave Santa alone…is there no decency? I don”t want a skinny Santa!
Richard Kuhns the Emotional Eating Expert Says:
December 12, 2007 at 5:22 pm | Reply
Even though kids love jolly Saint Nick with his jelly belly, I doubt that they want to be him or be like him. They want what Santa can do for them and therefore I don’t believe that they emulate him or even want to emulate him. The paradox of a jelly belly fat man squeezing down the chimney just can’t be lost, if it is then the next thing is that someone will find fault with Rudolph’s red nose.
In fact I believe that kids don’t want a fat belly or use Santa to justify over eating behavior any more than they want the red nose of a rein deer that is a leader.