Post Views: 3,181 If Clement Clark Moore is primarily responsible for our literary description of Santa Claus with his poem T’was The Night Before Christmas. Thomas Nast is responsible for […]
Santa Claus
Post Views: 5,068 Belsnickle is not Santa Claus. The Pennsylvania Dutch, who were not Dutch at all, but ”Deutsche”, or German, are credited with bringing many of their country’s Christmas […]
Belsnickle or Pelz-nickle is not Santa Claus
Post Views: 7,336 Modern Santa Claus is known to be an amalgam of influences, not the least of which is the Germanic god Odin. It is important to realize that there […]
Mōdraniht – Mothers Night
1 Post Views: 4,859 Just to weigh in on this craziness floating around the internet. I think Santa is a nice fantasy for kids. Just like the easter bunny and the […]
Nikolaos Thaumaturge
1 Post Views: 4,047 It’s that time of year again. The gloriously hedonistic annual jaunt through that labyrinth filled with religious land mines called XMAS. As I get older I have […]
Gloriously Hedonistic Annual Jaunt
2 Post Views: 4,347 Santa Claus has long been a cult idol of mine. I think we can all really agree that the image of Santa Claus, perhaps even his entire existence, has been […]
You Don’t Know Santa
2 Post Views: 3,617 I hate to be the one to defy sacred myth, but I believe he’s actually a SHE. I THINK SANTA CLAUS IS A WOMAN! Think about it. […]
I THINK SANTA CLAUS IS A WOMAN
6 Post Views: 5,046 Did you know that Santa has an archenemy? Every comic book hero worth his salt has an archenemy. Batman has the Joker, James Bond has Dr. No, […]