2007-12-23 15:27:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
absolutelly yes he is real
2007-12-23 15:30:49 · answer #1 · answered by yowuzup 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To make a very long story pretty short:
Santa Clause, well known also as St. Nicholas, lived over 500 years ago. He grew up in a very poor town and he saw all the little chlidren so sad because of what their government was doing to them. So, one day he decided he needed to cheer these children up. He went around his town, tossing coins into the children's stockings while they were hanging to dry, and while the kids were asleep. He also went through the windows and put small toys near their fireplaces. The gorvenment found out about this and were not pleased. They had all the citizens lock all their windows and doors. But St. Nick did not give up. He tried the chimenys, which worked quite well. He contienued doing this for quite a while, and his whole town remembered him when he died of an old age.
You see, the character of Santa Clause isn't entirely fake. He lived many years ago and his spirit is the thing that gives you that fuzzy feeling when you wake up on Christmas Day. Although there is not a man wearing a red suit with a sleigh and a huge bag of presents, plus eight (or nine) reindeer guiding his sleigh, he lives on through your heart, and he gives your parents the privilege of putting presents under your Christmas Tree. And lets not forget the 2 true meanings of Christmas: One, Christ was born that day, and two, you get to spend more time with your family and friends. So focus on having a very Merry Christmas with everyone you love, and just know that even though Santa isn't copporeal, that doesn't mean he isn't real.
Merry Christmas!
2007-12-24 06:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by Paul Scott 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. People pretend Santa is real. They buy presents for eachother and say it is Santa. Still adds magic to a Holiday think it still is good to believe excitement still there. Should continue. The Easter Bunny is not either still good to mantain idea. God isn't a bad idea for a Santa type either could give gifts to people as well on Christmas.
2007-12-23 16:33:00 · answer #3 · answered by darren m 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa is for a fact real.
It's not like adults to keep this tradition going if he wasn't.
They wouldn't make up some huge myth about a person and keep it going for over 100 years ..
And some of the parents don't have much money so how can
they buy alot of presents ?
Think about it ... It's christmas eve so i actually for a fact know that there is a ' Santa Claus ' .
2007-12-24 02:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A WISE MANS ANSWERD
Okay, well, let me answer first for those under 10yo children who might be reading this weblog: of course he is!
Now, let's dig into it just a bit further, as the mythology of Santa Claus has a long and interesting history. First off, Santa's proper name is Saint Nicholas, though he's picked up a lot of nicknames throughout the years, including Kris Kringle, Father Christmas and Sinterklaas.
Saint Nicholas of Myra was a saint who lived back in the 4th Century in Byzantia (modern-day Turkey) who had the reputation of secretly giving gifts to the poor. Most famously, legend has it that he presented three desperately poor daughters of a Christian with dowries so they wouldn't end up as prostitutes.
St. Nicholas is still revered as the patron saint of seamen, merchants, archers, children, prisoners, pawnbrokers, and even prostitutes. He's also one of the patron saints of Russia, now that I think about it. A busy guy.
Saint Nicholas of Turkey (from Wikipedia)Saint Nick inspired two legends: Nikolaus in Germany, and Sinterklaas in the Netherlands, both of which directly contributed to the legend of Santa Claus himself.
Depictions of Santa Claus as a jolly, heavy white bearded older man are apparently directly lifted from the Russian mythological character Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost). Ded Moroz is historically represented as wearing a red coat, fur boots and a long white beard. Since Russian immigration directly influenced much of the Western European and then American tradition, it's very likely that our current picture of Santa Claus is directly from Grandfather Frost.
Many of the historical legends behind Santa Claus also involve children leaving out fodder in their shoes for the horse that Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, or similar rode. Most likely that's what has evolved into the modern tradition of hanging stockings by the fireplace, actually.
The definitive modern interpretation of Santa Claus, however, is widely agreed to have been The Night Before Christmas (formerly known as "A Visit from St. Nicholas", actually), wherein Santa is described as being heavyset and riding a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer who are named for the first time in this 1823 publication. Another popular publication early in the 19th Century was The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum.
Okay, so that's the academic side of things. Interesting, but missing a certain level of heart, of soul.
So is there a Santa Claus?
Well, we live in a world where the idea of someone rewarding good behavior in this life, rather than the next (or at the door to the Pearly Gates) sounds darn nice, and particularly for children, is a good reminder of the rewards of thrift, virtue, compassion and honesty. And those are sorely missing attributes in our modern world, if you ask me.
So yes, I think that there is a Santa Claus.
I'll certainly make sure we leave a plate of cookies and glass of milk out on Christmas Eve. How about you?
2007-12-23 15:38:38 · answer #5 · answered by Shay p 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"If you have kids and Santa comes down your chimney, sooner or later you’re going to have to reveal one of the worlds best kept secret. This secret has been passed on from generation to generation for hundreds of years, and has been kept quiet amongst even the youngest in our population. The secret is that Santa Claus isn’t real."
Quote from "Mommy, is Santa Real"
2007-12-24 02:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by Halo Halo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-12-23 20:40:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply "Santa" is a legendary and historical character associated with bringing gifts on Christmas Day.
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.
2007-12-24 01:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by Rachelle_of_Shangri_La 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Oh poor thing mommy and daddy never gave you the talk, so I will:
Santa, oh my god i hope your sitting down, Santa is not Real, now take a deep breath and exhale it's OK, now you'll have a reason for going crazy tell the Dr's that because you've been lied to your whole life that you're suffering from an anxiety attach and that mom and dad are the blame.
I hope you took that well Merry Christmas!!! HO,HO,HO.
2007-12-23 16:14:35 · answer #9 · answered by princess@large 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you pray to God and he doesn't answer your prayer, he isn't any less real, he simply hasn't answered your prayer.
If you ask for gifts from Santa and he doesn't deliver them to you, he isn't any less real, he simply hasn't delivered them.
Why? The world may never know.
2007-12-23 17:48:51 · answer #10 · answered by David G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa is real how can you doubt??
2007-12-23 15:48:25 · answer #11 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋