Chicago TV Anchor Apologizes For Saying There’s No Santa

Posted on Dec 01, 2011 @ 01:00PM

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By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Someone just got onto Santa’s naughty list.

Veteran Chicago news anchor Robin Robinson dropped the “bombshell” news that Santa isn’t real on her nightly newscast and the backlash was so intense that she had to apologize to her loyal viewers.

“Stop trying to convince your kids that Santa is Santa. There is no Santa,” Robinson said on Fox Chicago station WFLD-TV after a segment about lowering expectations for kids with Father Christmas in this year’s tough economy.

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A mother herself, Robinson said it was important for kids to know that he isn’t real. “As soon as they can talk (tell kids) there is no Santa.”

She explained, “Santa’s a generosity of the season. But he’s not coming down the chimney, he’s not eating those cookies, he’s not bringing you anything!”

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Viewer backlash was immediate, and the following night she apologized for her “mistake.”

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“It was careless and callous to say what I said,” Robinson confessed. “I sincerely apologize.”

She event went out on the street and asked people what they thought of her saying that there is no Santa.

“What are you going to do? That’s just wrong,” one man said and another woman agreed. “It is really bad.”

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I love that this is an issue, it's so absurd. I love that it happened on a Fox station. That's perfect. Ms. Robinson was right of course but no one apparently cares. Since when is what people write on a blog page "news"? Mo Rage, the blog

by Mo Rage
Posted Mon, 12/12/2011 - 6:20pm

I love that this is an issue, it's so absurd. I love that it happened on a Fox station. That's perfect. Ms. Robinson was right of course but no one apparently cares. And since when is what people write on a blog page "news"? Mo Rage, the blog

by Mo Rage
Posted Mon, 12/12/2011 - 6:20pm

black p.o.s.

by kevin13601
Posted Sat, 12/03/2011 - 9:26pm

I guess it's OK for BlogDog to call her a b*tch but not I. F U 2 ROL!

by Piggy
Posted Fri, 12/02/2011 - 1:38am

She is there to report the news, not make it. She way overstepped her position.

by Funnybunny
Posted Thu, 12/01/2011 - 10:12pm

THERE IS NO SANTA. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by maggiegirl
Posted Thu, 12/01/2011 - 7:51pm

I did not lie to my child about santa and she knew that if a person was coming into the house, covertly, Mr S/w was a part of the welcome

by lucygoosey
Posted Thu, 12/01/2011 - 7:14pm

Hey Robinson, that is why Maulana Karenga madeup (invented) Kwanzaa in 1966–1967. He didn't like the white Santa image either, he invented the holiday rather than imitate the practice of the dominant white society.

by UGottaBeKidding
Posted Thu, 12/01/2011 - 5:47pm

Kids show have something magical to believe in but to believe in a man who brings presents to kids all over the world in one night even to homes that have no chiimneys is a bit much. Still, let them grow up and find out the truth.

by tellme
Posted Thu, 12/01/2011 - 5:34pm