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This is keenly apparent in Gil's and Loukoum's visits to Santa Claus. When Gil's father announces that they are going to see Santa Claus, his son objects on the tiffany on sale grounds they are Jewish. his father responds that Santa is a cultural rather than a religious figure, and takes his son anyway. Once on Santa's knee, Gil pesters Santa about his religion until he responds:et alors il a dit: Bah, heu, je ne sais pas, oui, j'imagine. Le P??re No?l c'est de toutes les religions. Oui, probablement, je suis juif.

Tous les parents se sont mis ?? reprendre leurs enfants qui attendaient dans la queue. Ils avaient tous entendu. Le P??re No?l a dit: "Mais non, c'est pas ce que je voulais dire." Mais bient?t il est plus rest?? personne. (150)Then he said, "Well, I don't know. Well, yes, I guess. Santa Claus is all religions. I guess I am Jewish." all the parents started to take their children out of line. They had all heard. Santa said, "I didn't mean that," but pretty soon there wasn't anybody left (Buten 139).It is possible to read Gil's behavior as tiffany pendants on sale symptomatic of the inability to navigate social situations characteristic of children with autism. More striking, though, is that the anti-Semitism that surfaces briefly in this scene has no resonances in the remainder of the novel, where larger social issues generally take a back seat to Gil's personal drama.

In The Little Prince of Belleville, the Muslim Loukoum accepts the visit to Santa with enthusiasm, his words echoing those of Gil's older brother in Buten's novel:Quand ce fut mon tour, j'ai dit au P??re No?l: -J'veux une voiture t??l??command??e. -D'accord, mon p'tit. -J'veux aussi un Nintendo. et le P??re No?l a dit: -Oui, mon enfant. Puis il me prend dans les bras et ?a fait clash! C'est un homme qui vient de faire une photo. Il se tourne vers mon papa et dit: -?a fait quarante-cinq francs, Monsieur.When it was my turn, I tiffany rings for sale said to Santa Claus, "I want a remote-control car." "Ok, my boy." "I also want a Nintendo." and Santa Claus said, "Ok, my child." Then he took me in his arms and there was a flash! It was a man who had just taken a photo. he turned to my father and said, "That will be forty-five Francs, mister." (141).