my friends dont believe in him.posers.
2007-12-03 14:18:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Yes
The Santa Claus tradition comes from Nicholas Claus the Bishop of Ulm in Germany hundreds of years ago. This real person was also mixed as time went by with the ancient psuedo-pagan mythical figure of Father Christmas. Nicholas of Ulm used to pass out gifts to poor kids at Christmas from a horse drawn sleigh. He was cannonized (made a saint)after his death by the Catholic church.
Santa Claus is real because he was already declared a saint. Therefore, if he is a saint, he can perform miracles such as giving gifts to a mass number of good children
2007-12-03 17:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 10⤋
You friends do not believe. If you believe you will get what you like. But if you don't you won't get anything at all tell them.
2007-12-07 17:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian figure of Santa Claus. He was a 4th century Christian bishop of Myra in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Anatolia, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes. He was very religious from an early age and devoted his life entirely to Christianity.
2007-12-04 22:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by Rachelle_of_Shangri_La 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Santa is real. Perhaps not in the conventional sense of what "real" means to most people, but he exists. Santa exists in the hearts and minds of the average population (excluding the scrooges and psychopaths, etc.) which in my opinion makes him real. We grow up believing in Santa, it's that wonder and joy that he gives us as children that makes him real. That joy is recycled in our adulthood into the joy we give our children by creating their fond memories of Santa Claus.
2007-12-03 22:34:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 10⤋
Santa is real in the minds that believe in him.
2007-12-03 22:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by Vianka 4 · 2⤊ 10⤋
No, not the santa that goes around breaking into peoples houses and giving them presents.
2007-12-03 22:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 11⤋
Dude he is I'm10 and I belive.
2007-12-05 19:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by blake s 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yes there is if u want presents :D hah and there WAS a Santa..not anymore though >.< sorry.. But santa was real awhile ago in another state or somethin idk i forgot all the stories and origins or w/e
2007-12-03 22:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by sams_email_adress 1 · 0⤊ 11⤋
If you have the joy of given and receiving.Then yes he is real in your mind and hart
2007-12-04 00:17:05 · answer #9 · answered by freddy 5 · 1⤊ 10⤋
yes he is if you belive
2007-12-04 10:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by irish_matt 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋