Megyn Kelly: Santa and Jesus are white

[max-greece]

Well they have to say that sort of thing. Jesus would be a lot less popular in the US if they thought he was Jewish, swarthy, probably about 5 foot tall and obviously Gay with rather socialist tendencies.

Santa, though, was none of these things - he was Turkish.

[Chad32]

I thought he was German.

[Napoléon]

Wikipedia says he's Greek :S

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

[Minimalist]

Borowitz.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/bo...20%2812%29

Dear Megyn Kelly,

For Christmas, could I please have a black Power Ranger? Thank you.

Sincerely,

Bobby, age six

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Dear Bobby,

Unfortunately, we do not have any Power Rangers in stock in the color you requested. Colors available include: white.

Merry Christmas,

Megyn Kelly

P.S.: Bobby, because you’re only six, you probably don’t know this, but when you use the words “black” and “power” together, they become swear words. Never say that again.

[Chad32]

Surely that wasn't meant seriously. Surely.

[Michael Schubert]

Fox News host Megyn Kelly says that Santa and Jesus are white

“Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change. You know, I mean, Jesus was a white man, too,” Kelly said. “He was a historical figure; that's a verifiable fact — as is Santa, I want you kids watching to know that — but my point is: How do you revise it, in the middle of the legacy of the story, and change Santa from white to black?”

Of course Jesus is white with blonde hair and blue eyes. Haven't you seen all those paintings?

We don't call Fox "News" the Comedy Jesus Show for nothing.

[Faith No More]

What she says is irrelevant, Megyn Kelly's a total babe!

Ugh, gross. I happen to feel that people's personality and intellect is a large part of what makes them attractive, so I find her absolutely repugnant.

[max-greece]

After a bit of research St. Nick was actually Greek but lived in an area that is now Turkey:

"Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hagios Nikólaos, Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 March 270 – 6 December 343),[3][4] also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek[5] Bishop of Myra (Demre, part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

What is funny is that in Greece St Nick is not associated with presents at Xmas. Instead we have St. Basil who comes on New Year's Eve with gifts for the kids:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea

Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, (329 or 330[5] – January 1, 379) (Greek: Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας) was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).

Another Greek one found in modern day Turkey.

[kılıç_mehmet]

Obviously Saint Nicholas was not black. But I don't know about "Santa".
As for Jesus though, he's what you want him to be in most cases. At least for Christians who worship images, statues and icons of Jesus, I have seen photos of churches in New Zealand, where the local Maoris have depicted him looking like a Maori. So I really wouldn't hold it against Europeans to picture him as such.

For the muslim world though, depictions of prophets are rare. They're mostly drawn with a veil over their face, and a burning halo around their bodies.
Here, they are de-materialized, detached from the world, their images being only vague representations of their former existence upon the earth.

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As for Santa, I view him as the epitome of western cultural hegemony around the eastern part of the globe. I do not want "Santa" to represent a new-years eve that isn't part of our culture, and the fact that he's not associated with neither good-deed, nor almsgiving, only with more materialism, tells me that we need to destroy the image of Santa in our realm, oust it from our consciousness, and re-instate our own national heroes and saints to associate it with a new years eve that is 100% national in character and spirit.

[Minimalist]

Earliest depiction of "jesus" is from the mid 3d century at the garrison town of Doura Europos on the Rome-Parthia border.

http://art-unwashed.blogspot.com/2011/09...hrist.html

Not much of a resemblance to the later art work.