Santa Claus

Many Christians know that Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Christ- the greatest gift of all (as, from what I understand, in brief: His birth meant the fullfillment of Scripture- that a Saviour was born! Not a political but spiritual one- to reconcile us to God through forgiveness of our sins by bearing them on our behalf by His death on the cross; and sending us the Holy Spirit)

But what about Santa Claus? We tend to perceive him as the season's social icon, perhaps one that has deviated the proper attention due to Jesus Christ; whilst some actually bothered to take note or find out that Santa Claus is actually an eponomy of St. Nicolas, and well, that's about all they know about the person or character.

Curious about the matter myself, i googled ^-^
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=38
Summary: Santa Claus DOES originate from St. Nicolas, Bishop of Myra—a natural phonetic alteration from the German Sankt Niklaus and Dutch Sinterklaas. He is actually worshipped by certain religious groups.

So how did a saint turn into rolly polly jolly Santa with the red suit?
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=35
Summary: Washington Irving's satirical fiction "Knickerbocker's History of New York"+ John Pintard who commissioned artist Alexander Anderson to create the first American image of Nicholas + "The Night Before Christmas" poem+ (Believe it or not) Coca-cola =)

Now that that's fully understood- let us return our hearts and minds to the true reason of Christmas celebration- Jesus Christ!


~**~Blessed Christmas dear reader~**~


Very merry,
Mi.