was santa claus originally called Samuel Claus or is my fiance talking crap?

Answer 1

Crap, he's real name is Pervy Claus because he COMES down the chimney every year and moms let their children sit on a mans lap who drinks allot and hangs around allot of poisoned elf's.

Answer 2

The term Santa Claus comes from the pronunciation of "Saint-Nick-laus" - Saint Nicholas
There was also the story of Kris Kringle which meshed with the Santa Claus story but I have never heard Samuel - that's a new one

Answer 3

The name Santa Claus was first used in New York. Back in the sixteen hundreds New York was mostly Dutch, with a smaller number of English,
Germanic people celebrate St. Nicholas day on Dec. 7th. The Dutch kids got presents on that date. When the English kids asked where all the goodies came from, their Dutch friends said," From St. Nicholas".
In their thick accents it sounded like SAHNT-nik- KLAHS. The English kids told their parents about all the goodies that their Dutch friends got. Parents, not wanting to disappoint their own kids said that maybe this Santa Claus guy would bring them presents on Christmas. He did.

Answer 4

It is a derivation of Saint Nicholas.

Saint Nicholas is the common name for Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, who had a reputation for secret gift-giving, but is now commonly identified with Santa Claus, Father Christmas or in the Netherlands and northern Belgium as Sint-Nicolaas or Sinterklaas. He lived in 4th-century Myra in the Roman Empire's Lycia, the modern day Demre in the Antalya province of Turkey. This is as much as is generally known about him in the West.

This historical character was the inspiration for a figure of folklore known as Sankt Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas in the Netherlands and Flanders, which in turn was the inspiration for Santa Claus. Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) is a major celebration in the Netherlands and in Flanders (see below). Among Orthodox Christians, the historical Saint Nicholas is remembered and revered. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, children, and students in Greece, Russia, Macedonia and Serbia. He is also the patron saint of Barranquilla (Colombia), Bari (Italy) Amsterdam (Netherlands), and of Beit Jala in the West Bank of Palestine.

Answer 5

are you a man misspellin the betrothed or a female talking about your beau? this kind of crap can only come from females,i take it is a 'she'. if it is otherwise, pardon my faux pas.

i hope she's also not telling u that stars are god's tear drops! it appears you are still expecting your socks filled up on x-mas eve by your questioning. santa was invented by our native american companies during the early days of 19th c. to boost the economy the first thing they took up was father christms. for that they took the name of st. nicholas and slightly twisted to pronounce santa claus to boot the parents to buy christmas presents for their wards. based on the runaway success of project santa claus, so many commemorative days were invented, they are legend, the least being st. valentine!

Answer 6

Mary W is indeed correct. The origional santa was called Kris Kringle. The whole santa thing started in Germany aswell.

Answer 7

Crap.
Santa Claus came from Saint Nicolas. I think the name "santa claus" came from a German legend...

Answer 8

crap. I think it was from the Saint Nicholaus originally in Europe and his last name could have been Claus or something close to it. I am not going to research it but I am pretty sure that there was a Nicholaus in Europe-Germany or Netherlands who was especially kind to poor kids and gave them gifts and hence started the tradition and later became a Saint (for good works?)
that's about all I know

Answer 9

Santa Claus is inspired by Saint Nicholas and his name is a variation on that. So no, he's not called Sam.

Answer 10

Sad to tell, she's not right - Santa means Saint and has nothing to do with a name like Samuel