2007-11-24 17:25:26 · 9 answers · asked by Andrea 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Santa that we know today is from an ad in the....30's I think from Coke. Normal Rockwell to be exact. Myth and legend has been built over the years includeing the North Pole and his elf helpers.
If you comb through Norther European lore, you can see many correlations. The Holly King is one of them, but it can also be linked to the Wild Hunt with Woden in the Germanic faiths. He rides across the sky with the dead, leaving gifts for those who celebrate in earnest with him. Sound familiar? Hehe. The Norse and the Celts also believed in elves (Frey was given Alfhiem as a teething gift) and gifting in a Norse tradition. I remember reading somewhere (don't qoute me) that leaving lights in the window was Germanic as well, to lead the Wild Hunt, but I can't remember where and I haven't been able to find it again. The mistletoe in Norse/Celtic(Read the myth of Baldr and Loki) the wreath is Norse. The tree is Germanic. So mix "Santa" into all of that and TADA! You have Christmas!
2007-11-25 12:32:01 · answer #1 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The musical call to “Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly” is rooted in ancient pagan superstition. In the booklet Discovering Christmas Customs and Folklore, Margaret Baker pointed out that decorating homes with evergreens was a Roman and a Norse custom. She further observed:
“Greenery brought into the house at the winter solstice seemed to be a charm to ensure the return of vegetation to the earth. . . . Holly had many associations with good fortune. In Louisiana berries were kept for luck. . . . A piece kept back from church decorations was especially lucky. . . . And a tree planted outside the house protected it from thunder, lightning, fire and the evil eye.”—Pages 29, 32.
2007-11-24 17:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by conundrum 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is a extensive checklist, i will replace the order slightly yet i will attempt to respond to all of them whilst did human beings first start to have fun Christmas? around 4 hundred advert, till now that it turn into actual a sin to have fun birthdays (additionally solutions question 6) Why can we positioned up Christmas timber and the place did the assumption to beautify .... come from? It comes from the previous pagan holiday of Solaria, the competition of sunshine, celebrated on the twenty 5th of December (google is your pal). putting christmas on that date turn into the thank you to make pagans convert pagans to the christian church without making them lose a party. (additionally solutions the final 2 questions) Now for Santa the assumption of santa clause got here from europe, generally Holland. There they used to have fun "Sinterklaas" A infants holiday the place Saint Nicholas provides babies gives you. on december 5th , the day the actual saint nicholas died. (google nichlolas of myra). whilst u.s. turn into got here across, europeans went to the hot worldwide and of direction delivered their previous traditions. There the traditions replaced. Sinterklaas replaced into Santa Claus, they moved the holiday to christmas.
2016-12-10 05:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pagan God of Coke Cola
2007-11-24 17:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by Gyspy Soul 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sinter Klaus und Schwarze Piet (Santa and his helper, Black Peter).
Northern Europe, mainly the Dutch.
2007-11-24 17:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus was first made famous and commercialized when he appeared on the coca-cola bottle.
2007-11-24 17:29:56 · answer #6 · answered by ITlantern309 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Holly King, if I'm not mistaken.
2007-11-24 17:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by xx. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
St. Nicholas - didn't you see "Fred Claus"?
2007-11-24 17:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
SA1 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
2007-11-24 17:29:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋