# The Hell is it with Christmas penguins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963 "2012-12-23T22:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/1 "2012-12-23T22:32:05Z")
Santa hangs out and has his Elven slave factory at the North Pole. Penguins dwell in the vicinity of the _South_ Pole. Inflatable penguins are almost as common as puffed up Santas in yard displays. What is this, some sort of geographical seasonal conspiracy? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/2 "2012-12-23T22:36:28Z")
Santa has outsourced a lot of Christmassproduction to lower-cost areas south of the border. Very far south. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/3 "2012-12-23T23:01:04Z")
Flytrap, are you still harping about the penguins? LOL This song is for you [Christmas Penguins! - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HAYUX_m9Lw) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/4 "2012-12-23T23:03:04Z")
And this one: [A Very Penguin Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmo04yhdGyw) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/5 "2012-12-23T23:05:46Z")
I have [these guys](http://www.amazon.com/Penguins-Set-Wood-Look/dp/B005NOOPHW) in my living room and they are adorable. How are twinkling lawn deer any more Christmasy? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/6 "2012-12-23T23:07:17Z")
They’re not penguins, they’re dark elves. They mine up all the coal for the naughty little boys and girls. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/7 "2012-12-23T23:08:43Z")
Migrant workers. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/8 "2012-12-23T23:39:07Z")
Penguins are the best thing this earth has, it’s the reason Mother Earth puts up with all the BS all the other species creates, you all own your continued existence and any good you receive in this world to penguins including any christmas joy. Be thankful and hug a penguin today and every day. Peace and penguins to all and a penguin new year. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/9 "2012-12-24T00:03:44Z")
Maybe Santa imports penguins to the North Pole because he thinks they’re tasty. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/10 "2012-12-24T00:18:13Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Migrant workers. Ah ha! Slave labor for his Dark, Santanic Mills! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/11 "2012-12-24T00:20:43Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Penguins are the best thing this earth has, it’s the reason Mother Earth puts up with all the BS all the other species creates, you all own your continued existence and any good you receive in this world to penguins including any christmas joy. Be thankful and hug a penguin today and every day. > > Peace and penguins to all and a penguin new year. For once I’m in complete agreement with **kanicbird**. I love peguins. I will always love [Penguins](http://penguins.nhl.com/), too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/12 "2012-12-24T00:22:41Z")
No love for [Christmas Piglet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njT8kt7E3A)? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/13 "2012-12-24T00:38:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Ah ha! > Slave labor for his Dark, Santanic Mills! I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/14 "2012-12-24T01:19:18Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I see what you did there. William Blake? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/15 "2012-12-24T01:22:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > No love for [Christmas Piglet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njT8kt7E3A)? And this has Jack shit to do with illegal alien penguins and their dark, nefarious ways? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/16 "2012-12-24T02:04:22Z")
My Christmas Piglet involves a pepper/garlic based dry rub. 'Nuff said. As for the penguins, hey, penguins are cool. (In any case, for most of the planet, 25 December does not usually feature Arctic-like weather) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/17 "2012-12-24T02:12:19Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > My Christmas Piglet involves a pepper/garlic based dry rub. 'Nuff said. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/18 "2012-12-24T02:12:51Z")
And now for a serious answer…I think there is a significant number of people in the world who do not have room in their brains for the factoid about which Pole the penguins live at, and don’t really care. They are creatures who live on ice and snow, and this is the time of year we celebrate things that are snowy, so…penguins! Plus, Santa is magical and if he wants to whisk penguins from one Pole to the other he can! ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/19 "2012-12-24T04:05:30Z")
The poor little guys are all dressed up with nowhere to go, and you want to exclude them from celebrating Christmas with everybody else? Is your heart made of stone or something? Penguins have never hurt anybody, unlike polar bears and reindeer. Largely because they stand four feet high and rarely even meet anybody, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963/20 "2012-12-24T05:10:27Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > Penguins have never hurt anybody, unlike polar bears and reindeer. Tell that to Batman. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hell-is-it-with-christmas-penguins/644963.md?page=2)