The Hundred Dollar Holiday

I read The Hundred Dollar Holiday: A Case for a More Joyful Christmas By Bill McKibben.
It's no secret that I really don't enjoy the holidays. I feel like the season is a commercial trap pressuring folks to spend money they don't have on crap that people don't need.
While at the local library to see the Gingerbread House display/competition, I took a glance at McKibben's book. The premise of the book struck my interest along with the size of the book (three chapters). I enjoyed the first two chapters which time-lined the historical evolution of Christmas and its diminishing religious importance vs commercial influence on society.
The last chapter was filled with boring ideas on how to make the holidays more meaningful. While none of the suggestions inspired me, the idea that one could create a meaningful gift with imagination did.
I was thinking of something special to make give my colleague, Janet, when it struck me. Wouldn't it be funny to dress the kids up like Santa Claus and take their picture?
I have to tell you that I don't really like the practice of portraying Santa as a "magical being" who brings gifts to good (more often bad) children in want of a toy. I kinda think of Santa as the anti-Christ of Christmas. As posted on Indexed the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny are the first means of religious doubt when a child discovers they aren't real.
Still, I like the idea of the spirit of Saint Nicholas living in each of us; that each of us might adhere to the Santa code, "Tis better to give than to receive."
After taking pictures of my students, I thought it would be funny if my family participated in spreading holiday cheer. HOHOHO! What a hoot! Hundred Dollar Holiday???? No, it's worth much more than that. The family dressing up like Santa Claus? PRICELESS!