Is Santa Claus true or just a Myth?
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Technically Santa Claus is not a myth as he is modled after the famous 4th century Bishop of Myra now known as St. Nicholas. The American name for him, Santa Claus, comes from the Dutch pronounciation of St. Nicholas which is Sinterklaas.
The real St. Nicholas was a kind and generous man who inherited a fortune and used that fortune to help those who were less fortunate. Like other saints and great people he helped the poor but his generosity extended to anyone in need including dropping a bag of gold down the chimney of a rich merchant named Demetri who had fallen on hard times and lacked the money needed for his daughter's dowry. Demetri had two other daughters and Nicholas provided gold for their dowries in the same way. The story of St. Nicholas and the Merchant's Daughters is a classic which shows the kindness and generosity of this saint.
Following Nicholas's death people remembered and continued to honor him and there are many stories of this saint continuing to watch over and aid children, women, bankers, thieves and other unfortunates who needed help and guidance.
Recognizing his goodness, the Catholic Church declared him a saint and for over a thousand years has celebrated his feast day on December 6th. Down through the ages St. Nicholas Day has been celebrated with partying and the leaving of gifts, in the name of St. Nicholas, in the night for children as they slept just as the real Nicholas of Myra seceretly dropped the bags of gold down the chimney of the home of the merchant Demetri in the night for his daughters.
Because of the closeness of St. Nicholas Day to Christmas and changing customs through the ages, St. Nicholas was gradually pushed over to Christmas and became a part of Christmas.
Santa Claus / St. Nicholas was a real person and his kind acts were real. Not only was he real, he was also a follower of Jesus Christ and, as a bishop in the Catholic Church was part of the line of bishops that Christ started with his laying of hands on St. Peter making him the first bishop and instructing him to continue the tradition and build the church.
When people fill the stockings of their sleeping children and leave gifts for the children under the tree in the name of Santa Claus they are merely continuing the memory of this great and kind man. The gift giving is also a continuation of the actions of the sheppards and three Wise Men (Magi) from the east who brought gifts to the infant Jesus on that first Christmas when he was born.
Santa Claus is true and the truth of his existance is demonstrated every year at Christmas when parents and others emulate his love and kindness by their own acts of loving kindness.
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Nice hub, David-D. Good information.
Santa is not true because who buys my kids christmas presents me and my husband!!!! It would be great if santa was true though wouldn't everyone would agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santa is not true because who buys my kids christmas presents me and my husband!!!! It would be great if santa was true though wouldn't everyone would agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
santy is not real because one year i seen my presents in the boot of my parents car and how could santy go around the world in 12 hours how could a reeindeers take a man and there only copping in the 4 th centoury and now that i am 17 my parents told me now
i raelly needed to know if santa is true because my parent keep telling that sants is true
Hi I realize that santa is true thank you for letting me know!
santa isn't true because i still remember when i'm still young...i caught my parents. it's really funny....they put some chocolates,candies and many more inside my socks...lol....;-)...SANTA IS NOT TRUE.....OH SO SAD...:-(
Santa is NOT
SANTA IS NOT TRUE!!!!
YOU MIGHT OF KNOWN YOU MIGHT NOT OF.
BUT NOW YOU KNOW HE IS NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think santa is true but now he is dead,,,duh,,4 century?!and i watch some tv show thats telling santa claus is true and i believe,,..maybe they're not undestand ur explanation..:(but before i caught my parents put some candies and little toys in my santa's sock.,/:)
Santa Is true
He always give me a special gift
so i believe that santa is true
I believe that St. Nicholas is the original Santa Claus
i belive in santa
santa is reall i seen him
erm i dont know!!!!!!!!!! Well so does your parents give u ure gifts? need anses!! xx plz xx
Listen santa is real in my opinion how can they keep all of the presents ??? He is real if it was a myth it would be in court by now and plus he can get around the world because australia has day when we have night
santa is not real! da! its all a really,really stupid myth!
he will not give you presants if you say he isant so i say he is and so dose my mum dad and firends aand family says he is
santa is true i saw him in the mall
santa is true i saw him in the mall
i think santa is true will they said they are just are parent no they are wrong santa is thru even we didin't see
him we kid's know his true right we don't have to belive in our parent what matter is you belive in the spirit of chrismas
if santa is true why did he not put some gifts in my socks..................................................
i think santa is true who ever said santa is not true you are stupid ho ho ho
santa is not true they just want you to be nice it's your parent
santa is not real he is real inur heart if u r little he is real if u r older he is fake my parents told me
santa is real
Really! Santa Clause is real!
he really gives presents every Christmas, I SWEAR! NO JOKE!
I believe in santa clause!! I love christmas, its my favorite time of year! Its wonderfull...
Santa is not true
it is all a lie
inmy parents closet, i see santa suit
it is all a fake
how i wish it was true
santa claus is real i never seen him but i beleve hes real i am a kid and hes real you adluts arnt santa cauls
Ummmm Santa is true because then where does the letter go????And im ordering a labtop and my mom cant aford that!!!!=)
i so want to have sex with someone but no one likes me so if santa is real i so want to have sex with him
I believe he out there some where.Santa Claus is real.
santa is real and im 9 and ust to prove it christmas eve il set up a hidden camera and chritmas morning il post it on you tube
Santa is real because I set up the camera on Christmas eve and I watch the video .I saw Santa coming down the chimney eating the stuff we gave him and put our gifts down.
SANTA IS NOT REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this kids who believe Santa they are stupids sow sorry for bad word but Santa was real 50 years a go because I am 58 years old now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All of you saying Santa is not true are all bunch of idiots, St. Nicholas is true and the name Santa Claus is inherited to him. The only thing that is not true to him is the story that telling he lives in north pole with a factory of toys, elves and flying rain deers. all of that are only fable stories. And to those saying they caught their parents, Wow! check your heads to see if it still have brain. Common sense! Santa is dead already, those acts are only for remembering him for all the good things he does. Those flying rain deers, factory of toys, elves and many more are all reflections of Santa Claus to every children now. Let us them believe that their still a good man here in earth, it gives hope to them.
This is crap i wanna know NOW not 1hour later is he real or not someone tell me!not no hater bein like Oh My *** god hes not real or a 9 year old coming up to me an like Oh Santa Cause is real he is he is ! Ive seen him BULL** no u havent YES OR NO !!!PLEASE!!
santa is real if u just belive if you bad he want give you nothing if you good he will get you something i belive you dont but i do you probaly...............................................................
he is real because one time on christmas eve santa went past my bedroom window and my mum and dad were in my room.
santa is real..and I believe that even if I'm already 19 years old..believe me..swear.he's real
hey santa is real i believe he is st nicholas bcuz we dnt have a chimney and i heard some wrapping paper dwnstairs. But he is a kind man and WAS real before and hes dead but i wish oh i wish he was still alive and that santa would come to your house and give you presents:)
as long as u just believe , hes always in your heart and no matter what other peoples comments are I still belive!PLEASE dont lose hope in old st. nick!!! :D
..hey guyzzzz.
..don't worry too much..
..uhmmm..if u know i ur heart that santa is not true so believe ur self but if u know that santa is true so believe ur self also..
..NOSE BLEED..:D
..are u guyzzz a filipino..???
..NOSE BLEED AGAIN..
..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..
..correct don't lose hope guyzz..and as long as u believe santa is always in ur heart..:D
well i will tell u the truth santa isent really but 4 young kids it gd 2 belive it grows your imagination thinking about a man who gives all the kids in the world presents in 1 night as u get older u start realize some stuff that u belive in just isent true you may feel sad about it but just think you have had brill time beliving i think finding out the truth by your self is easier 2 handal than some1 telling u hey i was ten wen i found out it was ahrd but i got over it santa is real 4 awile he is real till you find he puts the presents under the christmas tree but and then u find out and the he is just a myth keep on beliving he is real till proven fake
hi im am a 12 year old girl and even though the real person is dead i believe that his spirit lives on in the hearts of children like me the kindness of the saint is passed down to parents for one day and even if people say he isnt real you should still have spirit and celebrate.
santa clause is very much real, and i am not saying that because of all the young kids out there reading this comment, but because even when i am 14 years old, (that is my age now.)i still belive santa is alive and well. and until i am 100 years old, i will still belive that, and i dont give crap what anyone thinks!
I don't give a crap what other people say. SANTA IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SANTA IS REAL AND SO IS GOD. GOD MADE SANTA TO MAKE ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD HAPPY. I asked god if santa was real and he told me yes. He sometimes lives in heaven with god. God helps him to stop the time so he can deliver presents to the children of the world but not the bad Hindu, Muslim, Jews, Mormon, Buddhist kids of the world. He does not like them.
Some of you must not be able to read beyond "Technically Santa Claus is not a myth". If you had then you would learned that Santa was modeled AFTER St.Nicholas you dumb f**ks. A man who was kind and generous, and at one point in time existed.
Being an atheist, I don't believe in things that relate to God, but this case is different. He was a normal man.
You guys are pathetic.
You only want to flame those who do believe because the sad fact is, you were lead to believe in someone who turned out to not exist anymore.
Boo hoo, get over it. No reason to make people as sad and pathetic as you are.
Andy,
santa is real mom said she saw a strang looking person at wal mart he was coverd with close from head to toe and his shoping cart was filled with toys and he was chuby HE IS REAL i mean my parent dont have that much money to by so many toys and 1 night i hurd so many thumping noices on the roof and my dad was asleep in the living room and mom was sleeping in my room and in the morning i was opening my presents i called my friends they all have the same raping paper
i cant bealive some ppl dont bealive in sant he is so real i bealive in him no mater what
for those who dont beleave in santa pleas i am not trying to make u bealive but u should not post bad comment of him i bealive in him but pleas at least be in the chrimas spirit
Santa is real he sas 24 hours because half the world is dark and where we live is light so he goes to where its dark first and when its dark for us he comes to us and its light for them
santa is not true coz all I know santa is just myth, I don't believe maybe in beleived in him when i'm in childhood but now aI'm in 18 y/o its not welll when i'm believe in sana.. when i'm elementary i had look for santa every night but he did'nt put a ghift on the sock on my window..now i know santa is just imaginary for me..and he not true
I think santa is real because evry year I send a letter to him and he replise so I think he is real $$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dunno I am 11 and I have a hard time
Deciding if he is real somebody just
Tell me the honest to god truth!!!!
HEY santa isnt real Im 11 now but i dont believe in it. but i told to my parents i believe in it so "santa" gives me presents jajaja
its truelly impossible that santa exists. First of all how can a fatty guy enter through the chimney. its imposible. and also the elves if we cant survive 30 mins in a cold place without only wearing some pants and a t shirt how the @$/%& are the elves going to survive. When i was 9 i was beginning to stop believing in it. If you wish a bike youll have to approve it because its between every person to choose whether you like it or not. so if you wish a bike and someday your parents go with you to the mall and wants to try a bike and you like one and if santa gets you that bike then its obvious that your parentsare doing "santa gifts". If you believe keep believing it depends on you you choose and let the christmas spirit live for ages...
I just want to know the god darn truth I can't take it I want to know! I'm 12 and having difficultly in believing anymore! SO FOR GODS SAKE TELL ME THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!
Santa is soooo true bcuz if you go onto youtube.com they have a bunch of videos of santa being caught on tape so if you luk at da videos u will under stand...and fo all of u ppl who dont believe in santa then ur stupid he iz REAL!!!!!!! just gotta believe!!!!!! so my answer is tht santa is real
I think santa is real. If you think he isn't, well your free to state your own opinion. But do you guys even have any christmas spirit. Don't any of you believe in magic? santa gets round the world by magic.. slowing down time.. :P anything is possible.. he may be real.. or may not. but I believe he is and always will. SANTA RULES!
Christmas fact
Santa has 31 hours to deliver the presents thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth. And I'm still confused!!!!
Found his official North Pole Sleight License under the tree. Read about it on my hub.
Is he tire or not I need true hard evidence not just some videos on YouTube
Hell yeah he's real me and him hungout and he have mgr a ride in his sleigh.
funny how you all knock santa yet once he was a living breathing bloke who done good in his home town yet most of you believe in god but not one of you seen that bloke have ya more religion bullshit just like the muslims your all sad you non believers only time of year everyone nice to each other dont ruin that as well myth now or not my kids love it and so i believe cause it makes them happy and thats enough to believe anything
santa is too real my once we got snowed in at my grandmas and we didn't have eney presents but the next day he came
Santa is real. He once was he always will be if yu chose to believe than yu chose to believe if not then go about yur own buissness. Dnt bad mouth a wonderful man w/ great powers and a great heart. We all have diff beliefs. & if yur oppion is him not being alive. So be it. Dnt bad mouth him. Thankss.
Santa is a fake parents just ask your parents
Santa is real he just has helpers around the world to now what you want for Christmas.
Maybe he have magical spells turn himself into kids's parents
Santa is real because he gave me a note saying marry Christmas and my dad and mom are sleeping and they don't right like Santa did.so I think Santa is real for my opinon some people says he's not but I think he's real
Santa is real because he gave me a note saying marry Christmas and my dad and mom are sleeping and they don't right like Santa did.so I think Santa is real for my opinon some people says he's not but I think he's real
I think santa is real because he sent a video on the internet to me, it is up to you what you believe I want to believe in him because it makes christmas wonderful.
Happy christmas everyone.
love lucy age 9
i dont know i am only 11 yrs old shoud i or shouldnt i someone just say the truth
I'm a girl and I still believe in Santa even though I'm 12 and every kid in school says he's not real I even got into a fight last year about Santa
It's supposed to snow tommorrow so i'm happy
santas not a myth caus i hav saw him win i was 5 in my livingroom
what if santa gave presents to those who need them, he dosent have to give to people who have already got presents, great piece of writing!
p.s: st nicks old feast day (DEC6) is my birthday 2!
It just snowed and I had no school today and tommorrow so winter break technachlly started for my school 2 day
i dont belive in santa but i use to
Santa cluas is rael do you
Santa cluas is real do you think santa is real$! 10
santa is not real because my parents told me they were going christmas shopping
Just because they were going Christmas shopping doesn't mean they went to go to get toys my parents never get me any toys for Christmas. The only person I get toys from is Santa Claus.
heiz real one time iwoke up@12 and he gave me a HUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what santa claus is true oh my god
guys santa is a fake, for my opinion but anywho if you hear ur mom wrap presents in there room with the doors closed that means there santa DUH!,also if you wrap presents with ur sister,brother etc. there santa!
if santa was not real we would know he was fake if your parents told you he is fake they do not believe and if you believe he is real BUT your parents do do the job. santa is just a true memberance.of this correct story. as in their for st.nick is real. waaaay before time though.so yes he is real. and so to all and all a good night. ho ho ho!
idiots he was real not to long ago. joseph:thats what i said. ?????:i know! yall are idiots with baby voices saying santas not real get a brain you free loaders!!! and get a life fatties!!!!!>:(
people who dont believe your mama is so fat she/he overweiged the earth and fell into deep space!
Santa is not real. Come on flying reindeer. you can belive in him in him for fun but its just not true
shut up fatso!
get a life! fatso! freak! airhead! buttface!
for god sake! he is a memberance so hes real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@%#$#%^# YOU!
Y do u say he is real or not if u belive then he is real if u dnt y bother he prove u 10 million peplole right you think he Is not real he is no lie I saw and rode in his sluliegh just belive and ur wishes will come true. Oh and dis ain't som bull shit I still get gifts from him cause I behave and belive
people who dont believe is a $#$%#%^#! with a ##^@$#$%^ and a bucket of $#%$^#%^! mickymouse! @$%##$%^#!!!! 1941 #$#$%#^%#^!!! and ladies who dont believe suck my #$%#^#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8=D
I naver sine santa but i liked him up alot ove times.So i gisses he is rile.
Santa is NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT real!!!
You can believe in Santa or you can not believe in Santa.
It is your choice.
Santa is real!!! Whoever says Santa is not real, yall are a bunch of idiots.. And so im 11 years old and i still believe him so yall can just shut the freak up...
Wow ok im 12 years old and i believe in santa and when u dont belive and ur parents told u he was not real they put presents there. its called magic he is real and i dont care what people say he came to my house and i no it was him. So u can either believe him or not ur choice
hmmp. fOr me sAntA is nOt trUe cOz. why hE wAit fOr us To slEep evEn thOugh hE cAn givE us the gift.. LIVE anD hOw reindeer cAn cArry a big fAt mAn anD wOw they arE flying.. sO fOr im sO sAd cOz alL pEoplE i ask they sAid ohhh sAntA is nOt trUe.. and i bElievE my pArEnts put sOmE cAndiEs and mOney in my sOcks... So sAD
I,personally believe in Santa Claus.I am 8 yrs. old.If you do not believe in Santa,YOU are stupid.If some of you people say that people that believe in Santa are stupid,YOU are stupid.HA.Sometimes you make people feel bad.I am saying that if you said that people who believe in Santa are stupid,you are.If you just said that you dont believe in him okay.Ha ha to stupid peeps.:-]:-[
Santa clause is just as real as god .Do we question the existence of god...I very much doubt...So santa clause is a belief and "I believe in santa clause"..............
santa is real santa is love care and kindness
you peoples r saying that santa or st. nick isnt real but he and to the people who say he isnt r very much wrong and its not your parents because one year i heard him, his little elf, andhis flying raindeer so they r all very true and i also saw them so hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hes real (obviously because ever year on channel 7 on christmas eve they have santa watch and i watch it. when i get home sometimes i can see his sleigh in da sky) so yes virginia, hes real ** pinkies ** < XD
u kept saying his not true..
if ur kids went to this website and saw what u wrote..what will ur kids think ?santa is not real? parents is the one whu pretends to be santa? huh? i might be just 13 but i know u should'nt say this thing in here....apologise to ur kids and make them believe that santa exist if not ur kids will have no happy christmas without santa.if this don make sense? email me on facebook.ken_neth_chua@yahoo.com
santa Claus is not real because even though his name was Saint Nicholas he never used to deliver toys to people and how can a couple reindeer carry a 300-330 pound man around the world in 12 hours
be real people be real idiots!!!!
santa is fake
coca cola made him up
the letters u send to him go to people at a post office
there people write u replys
so sad that our own parent/teachers/reletives/friends lie to us
this is propbably the most comited sin in the world
so sad
Well I'm gonna catch whoever does it TONIGHT I have a camera set up in the basement to catch whoever it is I'm confused still(aka I am the person who was confused) and I can't wait I am stayin up all night to do this I have been waitin for 4 years to do this and nows my chance!
gud luck on that kenny!!
santa claus is not real. get over it!
God $@#%*^ I couldn't do it because my eye hurt like $&@! and my stomach felt like I was about to barf so eventually I just cried myself to sleep though before I did I could have sworn I heard jingle bells outside and to every noise I heard I jumped and strained my ears to listen to what it was
don't laugh at me for crying I'm only 12 going on 13 in 16 days and I'm a girl
santa is totally real ive read that st nicholas was the original santa clause and whoever thinks hes fake u are very very stupid and r weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whu's wierd????
Santa claus was real until I found a reciept of all the gifts i received from "Santa" this christmas
this already the 20th century santas true but dead of course hes in heaven right now
im sorry i have researched that santa ios fake but saint nicholas is true they just turned stnicholas into a fat guy with white beard riding on a sleigh with flying reindeers but st,. nicholas the real one is clong dead
ok i have been serching this for about 20 minuenits an about 65% have said fake and the rest say real so i do belive even tho i am 10 an one site said by the age of 11 children stop beliving but i do so that is that. hahahahahhahahahahaha
He's not true because I found te recipts to the present I recieved this year so now I'm a non-believer
I'm so dissappointed now!
he is real
well of course santas real. i mean who bought all the presents underneath the christmas tree? some of them my parents but most of them of course from santa! i got about a 100 dollar gift that when my mom tried to find it was sold out!! so how is that possible that she found one cuz they were NEVER in stock! some people dont believe in him cuz they dont believe in the realy spirit of x-mas the real meaning is to give but not to recieve. santa works his butt of for us and what does he get back? a butch of snobby people that say hes pathetic and not real! not believing in santa is like saying not to believe in x-mas! and saying that to a child.. ruining their hopes and dreams? now thats just cruel! im 11 and im in love with santa
yes this was a very helpful biography of saint nick because i am righting a paper on st nick but the one the u didnt tell us is how the reindeer came in to the picture that i am fuzzy on so could u update it and mabe tell the people how the rein deer came in thanks other than that i loved the site it wasw great helpful and useful thanks agian!!!!!!!
Santa is fake and real for instants St. Nick does come but gives out blessings instat of candy. But Santa is fake. P.S. Just got this out of my mom soooooooo funny!!!!!!!!!!!!
santa claus is not real!!!!!!!!! i hav eproven it. if a kid is reading this than dont read it
Santa is not Real.. so does Horus, mythra, kryshna, jesus christ, mohhamad, votron, zeus, thor, the spaghetti monster.. all of these are myths passed down on history on every humans head. Indoctrination can be a good thing to belive throught a certain time.. but belive it after you 12s is just STUPID.
Santa Is not real but let his legend live on
thnx
thnx this was really helpful 4 my report
santa is real i saw him in my toilet
SANTS is REALLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
snata is god damn real he is realative to god u should all be ashamed of ur selves the the people that belive in santa belives in god whoever doesnt belive in santa will there will be a 50 50 slight chance that they dont belive in god and they will be sent to hell
coco poo u need to go to the er your but is filled with poo in it so shut ur but up and get a ticket and say sorry to santa
oh and
p.s they have a toilet so u can see ur mama in it and faurt on her peace
hi jew how r u doing i dont think u r on my good list this year and the next 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years im very mad at you jew and will be sent to hell because u dont belive in god or thor or mythus or any greek creature even me ho ho ho
suckish cristmas for u jew
dont say they because he is when i was 10 i heard a knock on the roof i thought i was crazy but i heard it it was not a bird or me or my mom or my sister it was santa claus
well, for me i believe in santa but the most important thing is god and not the gifts,
christmas is time for saying thank you because we made it through this year
Santa might be true if santa is not true,how did they track santa?
love you
santa is not true because i saw my mum put the gifts out
trakker14 4 years ago
wonderful website..keep it up.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Santa-Is-that-you