What has wearing a fluffy, red and white 'Santa' hat got to do with the 'birth' of Jesus?

Question

I notice a few avatars have adopted them recently!

Answer 1

you tell me?
My guess is, some guy in the toy business saw a gap in the market about someone bearing gifts on this day, and thought ...........I will be one of the kings, open a toy shop and behold the lord has answered!
The rest of us suffer since with credit card bills!
The fecking w@nker!
He probably made up St Nick an all!

Answer 2

It has nothing to do with it, and i am a little surprised at the answers you are getting. THe whole thing does refer to St nicholas, however, the original pictoral concept of Santa/father christmas, he wears blue! (although having now been to the site quoted at the bottom, coke claim he wore tan, but there are a lot of pictures out there that depict blue) not red, the red santa claus did not appear until the 1940's i beleive when coca-cola had the design copywritten, trademarked and probably patented, this is all still the case today, if you watch closely at the beginning of any tv commercial for coke that features santa, you will see the copyright notice at the bottom! all it is is one big maketing ploy by coke, that still works 70 odd years later!

Answer 3

As well as the Coca Cola marketing campaign there's a more ancient Roman origin for the red hat tradition at this time of year.

"Io, Saturnalia!" The celebrations included a school holiday, the making and giving of small presents (saturnalia et sigillaricia) and a special market (sigillaria). Gambling was allowed for all, even slaves. - Wikipedia

Freed Roman slaves wore red hats and during Saturnalia, everyone wore red hats as a symbolic gesture of equality, but only for the duration of the holiday.

The whole of Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with the birth of Jesus. It's not just the red hat thing.

Answer 4

Nothing, don't you know the story, first Christmas is the birth of Christ, but he was born in March, and the Holiday time at this time of year was a roman Holiday, Many years ago there was a lady who use to take presents to children around this time of year, living in an area of thick snow she would wear a thick coat with fur, (fluffy) just to keep warm, some where along the way people have celebrated this by making up the story of Santa for the kids, and remember it's only a bit of fun

Answer 5

Nuffink. Fluffy red and white Santa hats are more associated with Coca Cola

Answer 6

The Christian Christmas festival falls at the old Pagan Yuletide celebration where they had the Green Man as a figure. He traditionally had a green getup. Father Christmas is not a Christian idea. It comes from Russian tradition.

Answer 7

Well - the Pope wears a Santa hat

Answer 8

Santa was traditionally dressed in green and white. Coca Cola changed it to red to match the livery of their bottles. So Santa is all about selling sugary drinks to people. It would seem that the true meaning of Christmas is revealed.

Answer 9

umm,
Saint nick was an old folk tail in the netherlends, he would come down the chimny and fill your wooden clogs full of toys and take the hay or offerings you left for him to take to baby jesus.
only now its been over commercialized and such. so now they've taken a taditionally dressed santa and made him fat and red.
ew.

Answer 10

Well...it doesnt. Ever since the persicution of christianity, i think people have been trying to not associate much with Christ. Take a look at christmas for example...the true story behind it is about Christ' birth, and we just so happen to celebrate it now. Im not saying that the alternatives are athiest related...im just saying that people, espcially in america, want to make sure nobodys little feelings get stepped on----everythings got to be politically correct..therefore we adopt other symbols to celebrate pretty much the same thing.