Is Santa Claus Real?

Is Santa Claus Real?


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Yes and he is Jewish.
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My cousin Tinky works for him, he’s a good boss. Offered him paid leave when he needed to get a tonsillectomy, insisted on it actually.
 
My mom used to make a big deal out of leaving a key for Santa under the doormat. I did the same for my kids. They didn't know it wasn't the key to our house. Plus, Santa is magic, so even if the key didn't fit our front door, Santa could open the lock with it anyway.
We did the same thing! I grew up in an apartment without a chimney, so we had this beautiful ornate Santa Key that my mom would hang on the inside door knob so Santa could let himself in. We had that and a special plate/glass set specifically for Santa, it was such a big deal to little kid me (and later my little sister.) I really believed the magic.
 
Oh you're actually serious lol. Anglo-Saxons celebrated their own version of Yule, called Modranicht, and most of those traditions were purged by medieval times. We generally don't burn the Yule Log or hang the Yule Goat, and the few people who do are usually Scandi immigrants and their descendants. Most Yule traditions in Anglo Christmas were reintroduced in the 19th century because Queen Victoria thought they were cute. Santa Claus is one such example. He's actually a fusion of two entirely different Christmas Figures: Father Christmas and Sinterklaas. Father Christmas didn't give gifts or have any association with children, but he was fat and jolly and loved to party, while Sinterklaas visited children and gave gifts because that's what the real St. Nicholas of Myra did: gave anonymous gifts. Odin, on the other, most certainly did NOT ride around giving gifts to people on his horse. The reason he was on that horse was to participate in the Wild Hunt, which is pretty much the opposite of what Santa Claus does considering you're supposed to be afraid of it.
During the wild hunt he cursed his enemies, blessed the worthy. He granted wishes. One of his other names being Óski, or wish granter.

This is why saint nicholas and his gift giving was used to replace him, in a Christianized version.
 
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