Who is Father Christmas/Santa Clause and what is the history and legend behind the man?
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Saint Nicholas (Nicholas of Myra) was known for secretly putting coins in childrens' shoes at night. This is where the idea of Santa Claus, and his gift bringing came from.
Santa Claus is actually derived from the Dutch word Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas was the Dutch personification of the Christmas Spirit. Now most people interchange the names Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Santa Clause as all being the same person.
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The stories got mixed based on the geographic location, The flying reindeer are said to stem from pagan holidays in siberia where reindeers are native, people would eat the amanita muscara mushrooms and have hallucinations, probably where the flying part came from.
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I really loved your stories and found choosing the best answer quite difficult, so Ive given you a tip instead. Thanks for the laugh, much appreciated.
Love the hallucinagenic mushroom story, thats funny LOL. Great combination of historic fables there, its like Chinese whispers, starts off as one thing and ends up completely different. Thats time for you, it distorts everything. That is why I wanted to get lots of different feedback, its fascinating. PS I live in Spain, I've never seen any bad kids making toys! LOL
The Bible says that we should "love truth" and "speaking the truth in our heart". Telling children that Santa is the bearer of presents at Christmas may seem to be innocent fun, but is it right or wise to decive little children, even if one's intentions are not bad? Do you not find it ironic that an occasion that is supposedly meant to honor Jesus becomes a time to deceive children?
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