[Vigilanteman]

If you think Santa is a fictional character, then he can be any color you want him to be. If you believe Santa is based on the real life St. Nicholas (270 - 343 a.d.), then he was, indeed, white. He was also Greek, so it was an olvie-skinned white.

[TigersEye]

If you think Santa is a fictional character, then he can be any color you want him to be.

So it would make sense that the Greek gods could be black or Asian or Polynesian.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Yes, there was a real St. Nicholas. But I do not believe he is still alive, lives at the North Pole, or flies around on a sled pulled by Reindeer.

The mythical Santa can be anything you want him to be. In New York, Macy’s had, at least 20 years ago, two lines for the kids waiting to see Santa— one was marked “Traditional Santa” and the other said “Urban Santa.”

[Maudeen]

I e-mailed Kelly the following article and also suggested she get it historically correct about Jesus, too. I just saw on the Drudge Report that a teacher was disciplined for saying Santa was White. This race thing is getting insane!

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/news/2004/nick.html

[jpsb]

"He was also Greek, so it was an olvie-skinned white.

Not true, the ancient Greeks were blue eye blond hair white, well a lot of them anyway. Dido the Romans of the Roman Republic era.