Thread: It's beginning to look a lot like Chris---...uuh...

Originally Posted by Bonsay

I thought Santa Claus comes from saint Nicolas who gave oranges and other "gifts" to children. People in Germany "changed" the name into santa claus. That's what I heard.

There was a Bishop in Turkey who was the original gift-giver, I think.

Originally Posted by Bonsay

I also read somewhere that Odin flew around in a chariot picking older people on "Christmas", the ones who diserved to go to Valhalla or something like that.

I think this is where the red and white outfit came from, patterned after the mushrooms given out. (They used the mushrooms for bravery during fighting.)

Very strange, I know. If anyone knows who David Sedaris, and how he explains the whole Bishop from Turkey thing, it is hilarious.

Coca-Cola made up the Santa Claus outfit, though I'm unsure whether they made the name.

Originally Posted by Marvo

Coca-Cola made up the Santa Claus outfit, though I'm unsure whether they made the name.

Where'd you hear that? I heard something completely different. There were a lot of old Coke ads with Santa Claus, I remember them on the back of old National Geographics.

Wait, I made an edition to my post, like 5 minutes after, but apparently it didn't go in.

Anyway, after further research, I found out Coca-Cola weren't the ones who made it, they were the first ones to make the modern look well-known though. They made it big

Originally Posted by Marvo

Wait, I made an edition to my post, like 5 minutes after, but apparently it didn't go in.

Anyway, after further research, I found out Coca-Cola weren't the ones who made it, they were the first ones to make the modern look well-known though. They made it big

Definitly. He used be skinny and just green, I believe.
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I know that. If you read my post, you'll notice I said the modern look, not the actual idea.

Personally, I find it interesting that people are today upset by the choice of the date for this Christian celebration. As a Christian, living in this day and age, I can't help but think, "What do you want us/me to do about it?" You might convince some millions/billions of people to change the date, but then others would be upset because it would fall on some other somehow important date.

I support knowing the history behind a holiday, but if you think about the placement of the holiday, it's just politics. Unless you get worked up easily over politics, I don't see what the big deal is.

I'm not emotional about this, really, but I just wanted to throw that out there. To each his own.