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That was meanest and stupidest Santa Clause, ever. I believe 100% of the story and read the transcript. It is sad and shameful that happened to a child. I am angry at that (now) dead guy, though perhaps he thought he was doing you some kind of a favor or perhaps learned not to be mean to kids later. Maybe later on he regretted doing saying that. Wow, just awful.
I agree that that was an awful story, but, though it was clearly a pivotal moment in Michael Elkins' life, I think the point was more that a lot of similar things were already happening to him - he describes what the Christian neighbors used to call him and how he was beat up - and this was merely the straw that broke the camel's back. If it weren't for that story, well, there's a good chance that something else would've happened to drive him away. He mentions that this (distancing from Judaism) happened to his brothers as well, and that this happens to children of immigrants all over the world.
