2006-12-11 13:38:53 · 15 answers · asked by aquila w 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
St. Nick I think but it doesn't matter because he's not real! L8ER!:)
2006-12-11 13:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by imd72330 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends upon which story you are thinking of. The term/Character of Santa Clause comes form a priest known as Nicholas, later Saint Nicholas. Who every Christmas eve would go to the orphanage and give little gifts to each child under a tree. on Christmas day the orphans would wake to gifts and joy of Christmas day.
Another is that an orphan crawled into an elves's bag before there was a Santa and was hauled away to the north pole. When he made it there they named him Chris Kringle. This story is popular in Britain.
Whatever you want to believe is fine with me. I personally believe that he was a real person at one time and that he has lived on in spirit. In past decades i have come to the understanding that he may be real but not the ho ho ho that goes down your chimney.
Happy Christmas
2006-12-11 13:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by juniorteen312005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I've read it seems the present-day character is based on one or two real persons--back about two or three hundred years after the start of Christianity, one of which lived in what is now Turkey; the other, I forget--northern Europe somewhere, I think. But the commercial elements have "taken the ball and run with it" as it were. He's been blown out of proportion.
2006-12-11 13:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by Charles d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's your name? There, you are Santa Clause for a child who looks up to you. Or it can be the name of an older mentor of yours. Merry X-mas from Canada!
2006-12-11 14:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Clause...
In Mecklenburg he is “rû Klas” (roughly Nicholas—note his identification with the saint); in Brunswick, Hanover, and Holstein “Klas,” “Klawes,” “Klas Bûr” and “Bullerklas”; and in Silesia “Joseph.” Sometimes he wears bells and carries a long staff with a bag of ashes at the end—hence the name “Aschenklas” occasionally given to him..
And yes he was a real person
2006-12-11 13:52:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus is a real person, he lives at the north pole making presents for good little children (like me!) and his name is Santa Claus
2006-12-11 13:42:23 · answer #6 · answered by Hawk Nelson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story of Santa Claus is based on the story of Saint Nicholas, a Catholic saint, who would give out gifts to children in the town where he lived.
2006-12-11 13:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by snookums 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His name was St. Nicholas. I'm not sure how Santa Claus originated, but St. Nicholas was a real person.
2006-12-11 13:46:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greek orthodox church folke Knew him as Saint Nicholas he was a bishop in Greece under islamic turkish rule and to save christian Girls from slavery or servitude under the turks he dropped the coins for the dowery needed to marry a christian Greek down the Chimneys
2006-12-11 13:43:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kris Kringle, or Saint Nicholas. And yes, dear, he was once a real man. He's the patron saint of seamen, sea-travelers, Russia, and small children.
2006-12-11 13:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is real, I know because my Mother made his suits for him. He would come over have dinner he and the wife. I can not tell you his real name, he won't come and visit my home.
2006-12-11 14:40:15 · answer #11 · answered by raven blackwing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋