2006-12-28 15:10:28 · 8 answers · asked by Jessica R 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
How Santa Clause came about -
We must now look more closely at who this biblical figure, Nimrod, was. We have already seen him as one of history’s original false gods, but what else can be learned?
Genesis 10:9 says of Nimrod, “He was a mighty hunter before [in place of] the Lord.” He actually tried to replace God.
In Revelation 2:6 and 15, we read about a “doctrine of the Nicolaitanes,” which Christ twice tells His Church “[He] hates.” Let’s analyze the word Nicolaitane. It means “follower of Nicholas.” Nikos means “conqueror, destroyer.” Laos means, “people.” Nicolaitanes, then, are people who follow the conqueror or destroyer—Nimrod
Rev 2:15 The doctorin of nicolations was a thing I hate
Sanctus or Santa which means saint, Nimrod set himself up as a saint stealing a title that God reserves for those that are faithful to obey him..
2006-12-28 18:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Shangrala 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
St. Nicholas was a real person who died in 343 AD.
The figure of Santa Claus first began to show up among the Pennsylvania Dutch in the mid 1820s in the form of Kris Kringle, or as he was also known, Belsnickle. Belsnickle is a derivative of the German "Pelz-nickle", which means "Nicholas in Furs ".
Belsnickle would travel the Pennsylvania countryside ringing his bell looking for good children to give out his small gifts of cakes and nuts to. If Belsnickle came across a child who had not been behaving in the past year, he would warn the child to be good or else he might give them a smack with his rod.
The name Santa Claus is a bastardization of the name Saint Nicholas. They are all one & the same person with differing traits attributed to him by different cultures.
2006-12-28 23:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by smilindave1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't get Chris Cringle out of it. But Saint Nicholas does corrupt into san-ni-claus which in turn corrupts to Santa Claus.
2006-12-28 23:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't. You get 'Santa Claus' out of the Dutch 'Sinterklaas', which came from the German 'Sankt Nicklaus', which comes from Saint Nicholas, who was a monk and bishop of Myra, formerly part of Greece, and now part of Turkey.
Kris Kringle also comes from Germany. Wikipedia suggests that it might be an American mispronunciation of 'Christkindl' ('Christ-Child'), based on a myth about a child who brought gifts to the infant Jesus. On the other hand, it could be a corruption of 'Belsnickle/Pelznickle' (Nicholas in furs) or a reference to jingling sleigh bells. My father, who was born in Germany, grew up calling Santa 'Kris Kringle'.
2006-12-28 23:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Merry Christmas
2006-12-28 23:17:06 · answer #5 · answered by cinabolic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...You don't They're just other names for Santa Claus because Santa Claus is a Spanish name.
2006-12-28 23:14:47 · answer #6 · answered by hellogoodbyeperson 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
go rent santa claus is coming to town, it expalins everything.
2006-12-28 23:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by mads 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grab hold of their feet and pull hard /should dislodge them if not try a stick of butter and repeat
2006-12-28 23:16:48 · answer #8 · answered by josstat 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋