Posted on 12/13/2004 7:42:02 AM PST by RepCath
He is loveable, congenial, giving and jolly. What's more he knows everything, as any child will readily testify. He is a colorful old man, whose visits are eagerly awaited by millions of children each year and who, for a little while, makes the world a much happier place.
Is Santa Claus a good influence on children, or a bad influence whose image merely commercializes Christmas and who takes the reason out of the season, as some charge?
Where did Santa come from? It will surprise many to learn that Santa Claus (as we know him today) came out of the church itself through the charity of a very devout and caring priest. Now bear in mind that this is a true, historically documented account.
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Nuh uh! He was abandoned by his mother and dumped on the doorstep of the Berger Meister Meister Berger, who sent him to the orphanage. The guy bringing him there lost him, and he was found by some elves, the Kringles, who raised him. Sheesh! Don't you know nothin'? ; )
Great history on Santa and Old Saint Nick.
I for one am not a pessimist regarding the current state of Christmas. I think it can be a beautiful blend of giving and receiving via presents and also a celebration of Christ.
Christmas is the best time of year. Every year brings another new memory, another new tradition, etc. It also allows you to appreciate how lucky you are to have your family and friends.
"It's a baby"
"A baby what?"
"A baby, baby"
Santa
Satan
He's a typo!!!
DK
"I like babies, Bingo."
"Our baby's the best baby of them all, Wingo."
It should be noted that "historically documented" does not here have the commonly accepted meaning.
The "evidence" for St Nicholas is a hagiography written half a millenia after he supposedly lived.
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