WTF... Do you know who invented SANTA?
 

Last night I heard that the big red man we call Santa Clause was actually a character created in the 1930's by my hometown boys Coca Cola to use for advertising their soft drink during the holiday season. :xmas-smil

:helpme Can this be true? Does anyone know the truth about Santa?

That seems to answer the question posed by the first post

alienq....

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Hoe Hoe Hoe

he was invented by the dutch

St.Nicholas..they have many churches dedicated to him

http://www.thehollandring.com/sinterklaas.shtml

here's another
http://skywriting.net/inspirational/...aint_nick.html

Jesus invented him so people would give a shit about Christmas.

as all religious shit it was invented, changed, and now is distorted so bad no one can tell whats the truth.

truth is, its a legend made up about St Nicolaus.

The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his piety and kindness, St. Nicholas became the subject of many legends. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. One of the best known of the St. Nicholas stories is that he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their father by providing them with a dowry so that they could be married.

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...mas/santa.html

there is no red suit man.

santa claus as we know it, was reinvented to make xmas family oriented. read up on it, hallmark loves santa

The Dutch invented him, now we have 2 clowns a year paying us a visti, santa claus and sinterklaas

The IMAGE of santa claus that north americans use was done for Coke. The image is based on descriptions of the fat bastard throughout modern history.

You made me laugh.

http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/118_santan.shtml

satan claus

Satan Clause? http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1299/santy.html

CHILDREN BEWARE!

AlienQ invented the Santa Clause

They didn't actually invent him but I believe they here responsible for the red clothes (before it was green I think).

that's a funny post

same thread every year....

Right, Sinterklaas.

I was told by a Dutch guy that he was told to be a good boy as a child, or SinterKlaas and his 12 black killers would get him, throw him in a sack and sell him to the Spaniards.

So, before Hallmark got their hands on him, Santa Claus rode a horse, had 12 black homicidal assistants (I dont think they were black as in a race, just that they wore all black or something like that), had a red and white pointy hat and was somehow involved with Spanish slave traders, and if you werent a good little boy or girl you would be sold on December 6th.

And this was way down at the end of a list of fucked up thing invented by the Dutch, including wind surfing.

I think Austin Powers is onto something....

his mum?

special on xmas trolls

Wasn't Rudolph made up by Montgomery Ward's or something like that?

Yeh Santa is Coca Cola's bitch, didn't you know?

Same holiday every year too but there are new and different GFY members here every year. :xmas-smil

Santa is a bot.

Man that was funny. :1orglaugh

I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause last night.

Santa Claus was invented by the Dutch, I agree with that.

Kind of funny....perhaps Santa should be a tan blonde dutch ski instructor :-)

St.Nicholas was the first santa... as far as teh name / image goes... no idea

Somebody has been fucking with ya :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

The black guys, called "Black Petes" (Zwarte Pieten) are supposed to be chimney sweepers. Not homicidal maniacs lol. That's also why they are black.
A lot of people(non Dutch) think they're slaves. Well, just as much as Santa's Elves :1orglaugh

Slave traders and all that is bullshit.


But we do tell our children that if you're not behaving well the black Petes will take you to Spain in their bags. Nobody tells the kids WHAT exactly happens after that :1orglaugh

Also, Austin Powers didn't have any problems with the Dutch..it was his "fasser" that did ;)

Santa Clause........is just a tool that the white man created to hold us down

You heard all this on Nip/Tuck last night didn't you? :)

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Yupz...Santa Clause...our #1 export product :1orglaugh