Weird! It just works for me...

Same, the page does provide a very good explanation.

The newspaper had a story about this.

He was apparently based off of a Saint (cannot remember the name) who went around giving gifts to the poor.

So, a couple hundred years later, a guy wrote a story/poem(?) about the saint and well, the saint became Santa. =p

The true meaning of christmas is to give. I've tried to uphold my promise of trying to get presents for my family as I couldn't in the past due to being broke. XP

Well, there's more than one type of santa you know. I think your Santa Clause is based of the saint Nicholas, I had forced Christian history lectures throughout elementary school, and that is one of the things they tought us.

Then again, we have had our kind of "santa" for several houndred years, most likely long before Nicholas showed up in books over here. We call him "Nissen", wich is the same name we have for your Santa Clause. Nissen is a gnome with a red hat, and a long beard. There are some large differences though; There is more than one Nisse, large families. The Nisse don't bring you presents and such, it's more or less the other way around. You have to put out food for him or he'll kill all your animals and spread desease.

Also, from what I've heard, Santa Clause was thin until Coca Cola decided to make him fat. I would rather believe in a midget killing horses than a product of the Coca Cola company

In short.... I have never believed in Santa Clause

If you believe in Santa either you have no life or are a little kid. I believe if you believe in him as of now you are insane and should be sent to the so called 'Looney Bin':lol:

I used to beilive in santa but if you still beilive in him i think you have gone insane:P

XD My frriend's dad dresses up like snta when he puts the presents under the tree so my friend would believe in him (until Itold my friend santa really was his dad):D

There is a part of me that believes and there is a part of me that doesn't. I know that there isn't any Santa Claus by life accurances, but there will always be a part of me that wll never let that hope die, unless they actually find a Santa and do bad things to him, then all hope will fail.:rolleyes:

What if "you" happens to be a young child? It isn't impossible in this board. Would they still be insane?

airman is right
*calls local nut house* we have a code blue the guy how escaped is named Dark Forte.exe

I didn't mean Dark Forte.exe, I meant "you" as in who Dark Forte.exe was referring to.

oops sorry

Yes and no.
I believe that he is Saint Nick but i dont believe because how can Santa surviv e in the North POle?

who ever beleives in santa..needs to get a realtity check....it is scientificly impossible for someone to watch over u 24/7 and he is certainly NOT spirt because spirts/souls do not exist! ..... youll one day learn the truith.....(who ever needs to get a reality check) BUT there was a real santa but not the one who "rides a magic sleigh" magic isnt real and it is toatally impossible to make reindeer fly! (unless you give them jetpacks)

[Edited on 2-1-2005 by Sapphire.fire]

So what you are saying is that you do not believe in souls? Do you not believe in having a soul?
And in the watching over you 24/7 deal, if you believe in God, does he not do the same? Not everyone has to believe Santa exists. Then again, not everyone has to believe that Santa doesn't exist. That is for them to decide.

What about st. Nicolas in Turkey?

The name "Santa Claus" came from to duch word for him "Sinta Claus" (pronounced Clous, I believe)

You're right but his name in dutch is sinterklaas or sint nicolaas. in holland there's a tradition that a thin man called sinterklaas gives presents (with his helpers the zwarte pieten) on the 6th of december to good childs.
But the story doesn't end here. With his steamboat he goes from spain to holland. you're asking yourself why spain? that's very funny because there came a painting of st. nicolaas to holland where he was wielding some oranges and the dutch people thought he's from spain! but i should stop because this reply is very long...

Now you're splitting hairs.:P

Lessee, not much left to say on this, but there are a few things you all may (or may not) have missed.

Santa wears a red suit with white trim. Coca-Cola's logo colors are red with white letters. Hmmm...

In Spain, rather than have Santa Claus, they have the 3 wise men of the birth of christ. This is probably due to the majority of citizens being catholic, at least at the time of the story being formed.

We wouldn't have Christmas if the Christian religion wasn't so outspoken. It's original meaning was about the birht of Christ, not a fat man in a red suit. Just something to think about, please don't yell at me about it...

It used to be a variety of colours until Coca-Cola got thir gruby handa on him for an advertisment in the 1930s.