They used to call him "old Nick", which is why you might sometimes still hear ppl say "old saint Nick". They later added the word Saint to cover this up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Nick
2007-07-04 11:58:14 · 14 answers · asked by jitterbug 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can also reverse the letters of Santa to make Satan
2007-07-04 11:58:57 · update #1
If Wikipedia isn't reliable there are plenty of other sources to find this same info
http://www.answers.com/topic/old-nick
2007-07-04 12:02:53 · update #2
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/old%20nick
2007-07-04 12:04:31 · update #3
If I went into complete details about why I AM correct then it would be too long & there would posts about how it TOO long. So I'm giving you bare minimum.
I wish some ppl would wake up though & actually do some research
2007-07-04 12:07:21 · update #4
Bwaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
*snerk*
*chortle*
Oh, wait . . . you're SERIOUS, aren't you?
Ye godhs and ancestors. Is THAT what they teach in fundy churches nowadays?
St. Nicholas, known in Holland as Sinter Klaas (the Dutch rendition of his name) is an xtianized legend grafted on to an ancient heathen tradition, like many other things that happened in your religion when it decided to convert Northern Europe. Its modern form, along with many other Yule traditions, was brought to America by German immigrants in the 18th C.
Folklorists have linked Santa Claus to both Thor (the color red, the gloves and belts, Donner (thunder) and Blitzen (lightning) and Odin (Father Yule, giver of gifts, eight reindeer = eight legged Sleipnir) but the connections are tenuous and inconclusive. However, if you'd like to REALLY blow your mind . . . Fortean Times published a review of a book that links Santa Claus to Neanderthal beargod worship! Really! Check it out:
http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Claus-Last-Wild-Men/dp/0786429585/ref=sr_1_1/105-7244219-8126860?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183598374&sr=8-1
2007-07-04 14:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is some logic for you: If A = B and B = C then A = C. Santa doesn't exist. Thus Santa = null. Satan doesn't exist either. So, Satan = null. Therefore, Santa = Satan. Wasn't that easy ?
2016-05-18 02:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by arvilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, 'Santa Claus' is based on a combination of people from various mythologies, including Odin and a christian bishop called Nicholas (who didn't actually exist)..which is where 'saint Nick' comes from.
2007-07-04 12:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legend of Santa Claus is actually based upon the story of Saint Nicholas, who lived in the 3rd century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
So I'm afraid you're incorrect.
2007-07-04 12:04:02 · answer #4 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes and much of Christmas is or Celtic, and Norse.
The Celts of the British Isles & Gaul believed the Holly King ruled over death & winter, whereas the Oak King ruled life & summer. This ancient (conceivably originally Druidic) belief was preserved into medieval times in mummers' plays, & has modernly been adapted to the Druidic revival & other pagan systems of faith. The Holly King was a warlike giant who bore a great wooden club made of a thick holly branch. He found his way into Arthurian Legend as the Green Knight, who challenged Sir Gawain during a Yuletide feast, baring as his weapon "a solitary branch of holly."
In Scandinavian mythology the Holly belonged to Thor & Freya. Holly's association with Thor's lightning meant that it could protect people from being struck by bolts. Norsemen & Celts would plant a holly tree near their homes specifically to take lightning strikes & protect a house & its inhabitants.
2007-07-04 12:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by Noble Angel 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that is actually not true!
there was a saint nick who was riding along on a clod snowy night and found a beggar on the streets!
he got off his horse and gave the beggar his cape so he doesn't freeze to death ! he gave - and Santa gives too - it's all symbolic chica! In Europe on the night of the 8th of December kids put a boot outside their Room so Santa comes and fills it with Goodies- again symbolism!
2007-07-04 12:05:18 · answer #6 · answered by slaveof12gods 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually he was pagan, check out this song, it's proof!
Santa Claus is Pagan, Too!
(words & music by Emerald Rose)
Oh, Santa Claus is Pagan too, just like all the rest
And if you are a merry witch he`ll bring you all the best
So get that star up on the roof, and bake those cookies, too
For Christmas-time is really Yule, and Santa`s Pagan too!
Hes got that Buddha belly and his top`s the Holly King
You dressed him in that British coat, the cap`s a Nordic thing
You took the horns right off his head and stuck them on his deer
But he still flies high like Jupiter with a belly-full of beer!
Oh, Santa Claus is Pagan too, just like all the rest
And if you are a merry witch he`ll bring you all the best
So get that star up on the roof, and bake those cookies, too
For Christmas-time is really Yule, and Santa`s Pagan too!
Now history says Christ was likely not a Capricorn
But if you want to share the Yule, we don`t care when he's born
Come join the celebration of the Sun King`s bright rebirth
And if you practice what you preach, we`ll all have peace on Earth!
Oh, Santa Claus is Pagan too, just like all the rest
And if you are a merry witch he`ll bring you all the best
So get that star up on the roof, and bake those cookies, too
For Christmas-time is really Yule, and Santa`s Pagan too!
Now Santa`s way more jolly than most Christians might require
And if he weren`t so busy he'd be dancing `round the fire
Yeah, you can call it Christmas `cause you got us way out-gunned
But just you wait till Beltane, then we`ll see who`s having fun!
Oh, Santa Claus is Pagan too, just like all the rest
And if you are a merry witch he`ll bring you all the best
So get that star up on the roof, and bake those cookies, too
For Christmas-time is really Yule, and Santa`s Pagan too!
2007-07-04 12:01:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Santa Claus was based off of a REAL character named Saint Nicholas, who would hand out gifts to little children. Get your facts straight.
2007-07-04 12:02:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
it was derived from a Saint Nicolas
Nicolas shortened in its German (i think) Klaus
and the Santa is derived from Saint, probably something foriegn
2007-07-04 12:06:58 · answer #9 · answered by Why is Mark Henry so wet? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. also, if you think about the name santa clause =
satans claw.
satan twists all good things a little at a time until the real truth is forgotten.
2007-07-04 12:02:51 · answer #10 · answered by sinmin1326 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋