Well the 25th might have been a pagan holiday but Santa came from Saint Nicholas of Myra, a 4th century bishop. His day was December 6th but he's now celebrated on the 25th. Still very Christian.
You could associate him with the Nordic God Odin, but then I wouldn't celebrate him either :) On 5/6/05, Jim Davis wrote: > Actually Santa is an amalgamation but is thought to be, at least, part, > representative of certain pieces of pagan folklore. > > "Christmas" (which existed as a Winter festival of life long before > Christians appeared) was molded by early Christians into a day of religious > significance much as the spring fertility festival (later "Easter") was. > > It "just so happened" that Jesus was born and resurrected on two of the most > important pagan holidays. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156686 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
