2006-12-23 10:45:36 · 12 answers · asked by lol 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
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2006-12-23 10:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by XxSamantha SatisfactionxX 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ah, the infamous Santa question.
St. Nicolas was an old man that gave to the children, of a small town in Germany, gifts. Santa, as he says, is an exaggeration.
2006-12-23 18:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by PsychoTony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how old you are but
Hes isnt real he was a made up person, but i still believe in Santa even if i know that he doesnt really exist, and i think you should too. When I think aout Santa I think about my family gathering together and happy.
2006-12-23 18:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Nicholas was the "real" Santa. People have kept him alive through the years by continuing his tradition (Sort of. It's become too commercial).
2006-12-23 18:54:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mythology of Santa Claus has a long and interesting history. First off, Santa's proper name is Saint Nicholas, though he's picked up a lot of nicknames throughout the years, including Kris Kringle, Father Christmas and Sinterklaas.
Saint Nicholas of Myra was a saint who lived back in the 4th Century in Byzantia (modern-day Turkey) who had the reputation of secretly giving gifts to the poor. Most famously, legend has it that he presented three desperately poor daughters of a Christian with dowries so they wouldn't end up as prostitutes.
Saint Nick inspired two legends: Nikolaus in Germany, and Sinterklaas in the Netherlands, both of which directly contributed to the legend of Santa Claus himself.
Depictions of Santa Claus as a jolly, heavy white bearded older man are apparently directly lifted from the Russian mythological character Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost). Ded Moroz is historically represented as wearing a red coat, fur boots and a long white beard. Since Russian immigration directly influenced much of the Western European and then American tradition, it's very likely that our current picture of Santa Claus is directly from Grandfather Frost.
Many of the historical legends behind Santa Claus also involve children leaving out fodder in their shoes for the horse that Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, or similar rode. Most likely that's what has evolved into the modern tradition of hanging stockings by the fireplace, actually.
Santa Claus is a magical spirit that lives inside of everyone who believes in him. He is real only for as long as you believe he is real and not for one moment longer.
2006-12-23 18:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Concerned of legality 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-23 18:48:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
saint nicholas is real. Santa is based on him, but is an exageration
2006-12-23 18:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by adriantheace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't prove he's not real. Even if you trap him and keep him in a pit til he dies. Believe me.
2006-12-23 18:53:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he were real, we can see him, his sensational events, maybe his darlings on magazines. Everybody, who is popular as him, is caught by the media. ;)
2006-12-23 19:02:58 · answer #9 · answered by ah_rodoplu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
real
2006-12-26 12:31:24 · answer #10 · answered by myangel_101211 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋