(December 20, 2009 at 4:51 am)leo-rcc Wrote: Santa has long been criticized as being not Christian and rightly so.Saint Nicholas was a Christian who liked giving presents to kids. Not unprecedented in human history, but irrefutably the source of the Santa story.
(December 20, 2009 at 4:51 am)leo-rcc Wrote: Too bad they still put a tree in the room (even though the bible specifically states not to), hang balls in the tree (which were hollowed out eggs as fertility symbols in pagan traditions), They still sing songs about Yule.
Who's 'they'? It's a secular festival where a little bit about the birth of Jesus remains. Not the other way around.