Indeed , in the March 1952 issue of Les Temps Modernes ( Modern Times ) , ethnologist Claude Lévi - Strauss called belief in Father Christmas “ one of the most active hotbeds of paganism among modern man ” and stated that the church was justified in denouncing this belief .
Indeed , in the March 1952 issue of Les Temps Modernes ( Modern Times ) , ethnologist Claude Levi - Strauss called belief in Father Christmas “ one of the most active hotbeds of paganism among modern man ” and stated that the church was justified in denouncing this belief .