Santa clause

[soonny]

Has anyone resembling santa ever appeared in any history books as real human figures? or is it something like the tooth fairy? :p

[Kay]

Santa Clause is based on a man Kris Kringel from Norway who used to make toys for the children of his village to hand out for Xmas.

[smudge]

Sorry to intervene, but if you look this up on the Internet, be sure to enter Santa Claus (not Clause). Happy Christmas to you & your's!

[palfreyman18]

well there used to be a bloke called saint nicholas but i cant remember the story behind it

[palfreyman18]

thtat's where the "Saint Nick" nickname (pun not intended) originated from

[LaTiNaFLaVa]

There was an article in the paper just the other day about the "real" Santa. They did a photofit, you know like they use with criminals, to determine what he would have looked like, and they found him to be olive skinned, fairly slim, and with a cropped white beard, as apparantly that was the fashion in Saint Nicholas' time! Merry Christmas everyone!

[smudge]

I saw that too - not at all like I imagined him to be. I always think of him with a long white beard, rosy red cheek & obese,  because he never seems to fit down our chimney. He comes inside & leaves all the presents strategically placed under our tree!

 

Merry Christmas to one & all.

[marchantino]

there was a programme on bbc 2 saturday the 18th dec. called "the real face of santa claus".the legend is based on a turkish saint (nicholas) who was a christian in roman times and helped those less fortunate. after he died his bones were stolen and taken to italy where they now lie and are worshipped on a special day in the year. a scientist sent the skull measurements to a top facial reconstructionist at manchester uni and they came up with a very benevolent looking man. he had a white beard too. any way,it was dead interesting. :0D

[portocat]

I heard somewhere that the image of santa claus that we all know and love was devised by coca cola, in some sort of marketing campaign, a long time ago