In 1930 the Mexican government tried to replace Santa Claus with Quetzalcoatl by building a fake pyramid in the middle of their national soccer stadium and having a man dressed in a feathery outfit hand out gifts to children.
>>18380293That's Elton John
>>18380293Vasconcelos was a massive try-hard yes.That said his cringe-worthy displays were still a better alternative to whatever it is we have now.
>>18380302Shit he had nothing to do with this. But I guess this was spiritually related.
>>18380293NO; THEY TRIED TO REPLACE JESUS CHRIST.
>>18380302>>18380306No clue who he is, but this level of unhinged romanticist larp is hilarious to me. 15,000 children attended the meeting apparently kek>>18380317Yeah Mexico's government hates the Church, but trying to replace Santa Claus with a pagan deity is something you'd see in an episode of South Park
>>18380331Secretary of Culture 1921-1924 and very influential figrue in Mexican culture.> level of unhinged romanticist larpFairly normative when it comes to Latin American states attempting to construct their own identities. They'll throw everything to the wall to see what sticks. It's fun.> hates the Church,Hated, relations are normal now. And to be fair the Church wasn't doing itself any favours in that relationship.
>>18380298Elton is a man, isn't he?
>>18380585Yes, a flamboyant homosexual that likes gawdy fashion, and one hell of a good pianoman & singer, I love himhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UroApoVbKn0
>>18380317is this why Mexicanos are so catholic now? because their government tried to ban Jesus?
>>18381614They're not particularly catholic, in my experience.
