2006-12-23 12:41:56 · 27 answers · asked by Jessi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
invented by COCA-Cola to commercialise christmas. notice the red/white colour....
2006-12-23 12:44:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
If he does exist, then he must have a lot people helping him out, and I'm sure you know who they are.
A FEW years ago the assistant managing editor of the U.S. Catholic magazine wrote:
“Whereas the true lesson of Christmas is a message of divine mercy and sacrifice, Santa is the front man for greedy corporations, and the tutor in greed for millions of American children. He is the saint of gimme. He has become a total sellout to materialism and greed. He is in the pay of the big toy manufacturers and department stores. A greedy child is never appeased. A spoiled child appreciates nothing. An overindulged child is convinced that the major figure of Christmas is not Christ, but himself.”
This editor thought that Santa should have been left at the North Pole.
Our children, from and early age, knew, and were told there was no such person as Santa Claus, we never had a problem with them. We did not set one day out of the year to give presents to our children, it could be any day, week, or month.
2006-12-23 21:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by BJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The origin of Santa Claus appears to have been an early Christian leader named Nicholas of Myra. Most often referred to as Saint Nicholas. If you split the name (saintnic cholas) you can see where the sounds of the word Santa Claus came.
Nicholas was a man known for his gift giving. He secretly gave most of his personal fortune to women in need of a dowry so that they could marry rather than have to go into prostitution. He also founded the first Christian orphanages and homes for the elderly. More Christian churches are named for him than any other person.
Because of his generosity, it became a tradition that when a gift was given in secret, that his name would be used. It was to show respect to him and his God.
Over time, a lot of ridiculous things have been attached to Santa Claus (flying reindeer, red suit, north pole, elves, etc.) Today he is often used by people who are looking for something besides as the birth of Christ as a reason to celebrate Christmas.
So he is nothing to do with the true meaning of Christmas, which is a celebration of the birth of Christ.
2006-12-23 20:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary gift-giving icon who, according to legend, distributes presents to sleeping children who have been "good" all year; traditionally during the night of December 24, Christmas Eve. The popular American form Santa Claus originated as a mispronunciation of Dutch Sinterklaas, which is a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicholas).
Father Christmas is a well-loved figure in many countries and predates the Santa Claus character. Father Christmas is similar in many ways, though the two have quite different origins. Using 'Santa' in places that predominantly call him Father Christmas may be viewed as an Americanism, although they are generally nowadays regarded as the same character. Santa Claus is inexorably tied to Christmas in American culture, but in some cultures, he is not associated with Christmas at all, arriving on a different day (for instance December 6th, St. Nicholas' day) while baby Jesus brings presents on Christmas eve.
2006-12-23 20:45:42 · answer #4 · answered by southswell2002 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
St. Nicolas' Saints day is December 6. Being close to Christmas and gift giving the two celebrations got connected over time especially in the "new world".
The most famous story about Nicholas tells of how he helped three unfortunate young sisters who all had suitors but had no dowries because their father, a poor nobleman, could not raise the money. Because of this, they could not marry.
The Bishop Nicholas was a shy man and did not like to give money directly , so he thought of a way to give it anonymously. When the first daughter was ready to marry, the good bishop tossed a bag of gold into the house at night. Later, when the second daughter prepared to marry, she too received a mysterious bag of gold. When the third daughter prepared to marry, the poor nobleman and father of the three girls was determined to find out who had been so generous. So he kept watch and saw the bishop drop another bag of gold into the house.
It has been said that Saint Nicholas climbed on the roof and dropped the third bag of gold down the chimney where it landed in a stocking hung to dry, giving us a reason to hang up Christmas stockings today. When the father saw what had happened, Nicholas begged him to keep the secret, but, of course, the news got out. From then on, whenever anyone received an unexpected gift, they thanked Nicholas.
More on the web site below.
2006-12-23 21:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by fresch2 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe it all came from the Nordic's. Santa means Saint. Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary gift-giving icon who, according to legend, distributes presents to sleeping children who have been "good" all year; traditionally during the night of December 24, Christmas Eve. The popular American form Santa Claus originated as a mispronunciation of Dutch Sinterklaas, which is a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicholas).
2006-12-23 20:47:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
...There was a St. Nicholas who gave presents to children many years ago.
...The modern Santa Claus, I am sorry to say, has an almost God-like status (he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake, etc) and is purely secular.
...We are Christian believers, my family and I. We enjoy our Christmas traditions - decorating the house and yard, our Christmas tree, my wife's baking, helping others, giving gifts, etc. We never raised our children to believe in Santa Claus; since he really does not exist, we felt we should be honest with our kids and not perpetrate a lie. I don't know if it's true, but I have heard it said that when some kids find out Santa's a fake, it becomes harder for them to believe in anything they cannot see.
2006-12-23 20:52:41 · answer #7 · answered by carson123 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Follow the links to find out how Protestants took St. Nicholas, a real Catholic bishop whose feast day is December 6th, and warped and distorted him into an imaginary "Santa Claus" who lives at the North Pole with elves and takes the focus away from Jesus on December 25th.
2006-12-23 20:52:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa is an acronym from Satan, and Claus is just as close to the claws of a tiger.
CHRISTMAS IS LIKE SANTA CLAUS
You know the Fatman is a fake and a fat, white lie, but you go along with it anyway, as you deceive the children and make them future liars to their own children.
The Dictionary of the Bible says that: By the 5th. Century, the Church (of Rome) had concerned itself enough to have set December 25 as the date of Jesus’ birth. This had been the date of the Festival of the Sun God Zeus and to the Christians a greater light was come, Jesus Christ, the true light of the World.
Fact is - the Sun God is Zeus, and Jesus is really Jezeus, and the Romans worshipped Zeus, and you can see Barnabas being called Zeus by the Priests of Zeus in the Acts of the Apostles 14:12-13, in the Bible. Mithra was another son of Zeus, but Je-Zeus was Zeus come down as his own son, which made him strictly a Roman God.
Sunday is also the day that was set aside for worship of the Sun God (Zeus) by the Romans.
The Winter Solstice gives us the shortest day in the year, December 22, as the birth of the new Sun, so Rome shifted it to the 25 December in order to celebrate the Feast of the Circumcision eight days later, on 1 January, in accepting Jezeus Christos as the Living God of the Sun risen from the dead.
Zeus and the Fathers of Christianity did not know there was a Southern Hemisphere that did not share the Sun God Zeus or his four seasons, or his twelve disciples or twelve months of the year with the Northern Hemisphere, and it is for this reason that Australia celebrates Christmas twice each year, with the White Christmas falling in June but is called Christmas in July since they know it is a lie.
So Christmas and Christianity were as ignorant of the nature of the Planet as was Santa Claus of the South Pole, and just as the Pope was afraid that Christopher Columbus might fall off the flat Planet in his attempt to reach India traveling westwards, so were Santa Claus and Zeus afraid to go below the Planet and into the Fires of Hell.
When Pope John Paul ii declared the Shroud of Turin a medieval fake after having it scientifically carbon-dated in 1988, he failed to point out that the Bible describes the use of two shrouds, with one for the head and another for the “body” of the 100 lbs of aloes and myrrh, the other perfect hoax.
TRY SOME HONESTY THIS YEAR.
EXPOSE THE FRAUD OF SANTA THE UNHOLY.
BRING THE TRUTH OF THE MESSIAH FROM THE QURAN TO LIGHT SO THAT MEN WHO ARE BORN BLIND MIGHT SEE THAT THE ONE TRUE GOD CAN HAVE NO SON OR NO PARTNER
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HE IS ONE, HE ALWAYS WAS, HE IS, AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE!
PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TO ALL OF HUMANITY!
2006-12-23 20:48:04 · answer #9 · answered by mythkiller-zuba 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The idea of Santa Clause derived from an actual Saint Nicholas, a Christian bishop who gave money to a poor man and his daughters.
Happy Holidays
2006-12-23 20:45:24 · answer #10 · answered by Cayleen O 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Santa Clause came from St. Nick, St. Nick was a giving loving guy kinda like santa just not in the suit or going down peoples chimmineys, we celebrate "santa clause" because of him.
2006-12-23 20:44:22 · answer #11 · answered by KT 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋