Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Santa the slavedriver

One of Sebastian's new songs is "Get on board". I was pretty sure that it is a slave spiritual and was explaining to Sebastian how it sounds like a happy song but in reality had hidden meanings for slaves to pass around without being punished. It was a teachable moment.

Me: You remember what a slave is, right?

Seb: Yup

Me: a person who is owned by someone else. They can be forced to do things; even their children are owned.

Seb: I know, I know. Just like Santa's elves.

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