2006-12-01 02:43:22 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, St. Nicholas was a Catholic saint.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
2006-12-01 02:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Santa is an amagalmation of a Christian saint and some Norse myths. Part of the seasonal celebration in pre-Christain Europe involved a gift giving elf, sometimes a goat, (or a goat pulled sled), sometimes a Norse god (even Odin himself has been attributed).
2006-12-01 11:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the behaviors associated with this fictional character, I would assume he has Christian values. He is loosly based on Saint Nicholas who is a catholic saint and thus Christian. St. Nick is still the prevailing "Christmas" character in most of Europe and Santa is america's version.
2006-12-01 10:47:10 · answer #3 · answered by jettyspagetti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Nicholas, the man who Santa Claus is based on, was a Christian. Santa is not.
2006-12-01 10:44:55 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Santa is a Dutch folklore tale, based loosly around a historical bishop from what is now Turkey, St. Nicholas. Based on his origins, yea, probably.
But really, its Santa, the ONE guy who appeals to all religions, colors, and sexual orientations, can you really label him anything other than pretty cool?
2006-12-01 10:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus isn't a real person! So, no. But the origin of Sants Claus is from St. Nicholas and he was a Catholic.
2006-12-01 10:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's based on Saint Nicholas but the idea of an old man with a white beard bringing gifts traces its origins to the pagan mid-winter festival, so it's a synthesis of Christianity and paganism.
2006-12-01 10:45:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saint Nicholas(Santa Clause) was a German Christian before coca cola got their capitalist hands on him.
2006-12-01 10:45:38 · answer #8 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. He is Satan. Just move the N around in his name.
He wears red and breaks into peoples houses while they sleep. He makes little boys and girls sit on his lap. What, a letter to the North Pole isn't good enough? What, he can't just leave the gifts on the porch?
2006-12-01 10:48:01 · answer #9 · answered by Nep-Tunes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa was actually a real person; traveled from Sweden to Turkey and such.. Yes was a Christian
2006-12-01 10:45:10 · answer #10 · answered by Allen L 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
St. Nicholas presumably was.
but a man living with elves and reindeer who seems more based in Scandinavian lore than Mediterranean (like St. N) is probably closer to a pagan prototype.
2006-12-01 10:45:39 · answer #11 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋