Photo: Alan Strakey
For many of us westerners, Santa Claus—along with the Easter Bunny—represent two archetypal disillusionments we must suffer on our path from credulity to greater enlightenment. After this of course it's all downhill, and the universe becomes a place increasingly void of fantastical entities, be they paternal or bunny-like.
Still, if you've maintained as I haven't, the notion that Santa maybe really does exist, or you're simply interested in witnessing the spectacle of truth-manufacturing—oh, and you live in Brooklyn—then don't miss tonight's lecture "Beyond Belief: A Philosophical Proof of Santa Claus," presented by Open City Dialogue, at Pete's Candy Shop in Williamsburg.
Sure to employ much truthiness, the interactive lecture aims to "restore the idea of Santa Claus to those who have suffered its loss. Using historical fact, ontological argument, and inductive reasoning, we will prove the existence of Santa Claus in a passion play for the non-believer."
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