SPLIT: St. Nicholas/Santa

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Jesus is like Santa, he sees and knows all.
If you don’t observe mass properly, He will know it.
 
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St. Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop and is currently in Heaven. The reindeer and elves are another matter.[sign]VENITE ADOREMUS![/sign]
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YES!
St Nickolas of myra, I think.
He believed that every child should be able to have a toy no matter what thier status in life was. i.e. a toy for every child.
most all the santa legends are based on him. the american santa legends are based mostly on a story some guy wrote to increase sales for a american department store. and the main santa image was drawn by a artist, I for get his name. which is wierd thou, the artist drew santa and mostly bald with a little tuft of white hair. and I forget how santa got a full head of long flowing curly hair. I think someone combined 2 santa images.
I myself prefer the original coke-a-cola santa thou.
 
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St. Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop …
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Yes, I know thank you. However, he has no similarity to the modern day commercially oriented Santa Claus (or Father Christmas).
 
FrCorey said:
YES!
St Nickolas of myra, I think.
He believed that every child should be able to have a toy no matter what thier status in life was. i.e. a toy for every child.
most all the santa legends are based on him. the american santa legends are based mostly on a story some guy wrote to increase sales for a american department store. and the main santa image was drawn by a artist, I for get his name. which is wierd thou, the artist drew santa and mostly bald with a little tuft of white hair. and I forget how santa got a full head of long flowing curly hair. I think someone combined 2 santa images.
I myself prefer the original coke-a-cola santa thou.
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Santa Claus has changed over time. The original artist drawing had him dressed in brown. However, over a period of time his clothing became gradually redder until we ended up with the familiar character we now have.
 
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St. Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop and is currently in Heaven. The reindeer and elves are another matter.[sign]VENITE ADOREMUS![/sign]
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This is how I’ve explained “Santa Claus” to my 6 year old, with the help of illustrated stories of St Nicholas. So when a Santa visited his elementary school, my son told me “a fake Santa was at my school dad” since he knows “the real Santa” is in heaven with Jesus.

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