Why the hell do they show artwork of Odin, Norse god of death and war, in the Wiki entry for Santa Claus? Man, the truth must be some creepy shit, and I don’t think I wanna know what it is.
I don’t think there’s any big truth to it really, that couldn’t be found by reading on the origins of Santa Claus, and the customs and traits passed down from the source. Earliest I can find is this Saint-Nicholas dude. I once heard though, that this Saint Nick dude was a guy in some village who would punish kids who disobeyed their parents, and whipped them. Doesn’t sound much like the guy I’m reading about now though.
But I don’t understand how all that became cultural myth and why. Kind of like Halloween, where on Samhain, people put out offerings to appease the dead that were believed to stalk the living, but now it’s a perfectly harmless holiday. There’s some transition that went down with the years, the beliefs and the cultures that people saw fit to keep in some shape or form, because it was important to them. But I don’t know if that’s the truth you’re looking for, and anyways, I don’t know what it is, myself.
Also, what does the resurrection of Jesus teh Christz have to do with bunnies delivering chocolate? Don’t bunnies just poop everywhere? What the ass kinda relation are they tryna make here?
I don’t get that either, but Happy Halloween! :D
On a more serious note, @Qingu is depressing me with his answer. However, the man makes sense.