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Are Santa hats (or Santa) even religious symbols ? Isn't it just ancient superstition that happens to clash with a christian holiday (that happens to clash wit

Are Santa hats (or Santa) even religious symbols ? Isn't it just ancient superstition that happens to clash with a christian holiday (that happens to clash with pre christian winter solstice celebrations) ? At least in scandinavia, xmas is called "Jul", and it just happens that the old norse religion had a winter solstice celebration called Jól, which translates to "Yule" in english, but back then there was no Santa involved.

coldtea 7y ago
>Are Santa hats (or Santa) even religious symbols ? Only tangentially. It has some reference to Saint Nicolaus (a gift bearer), but it was been changed beyond recognition, to a modern half-pagan/nordic, 100%-commercial-soapy tradition. I mean, christianity might believe in several things, but it doesn't believe in little elves working in South Pole or flying reindeers...
- gremlinsinc 7y ago
  Have you seen Klaus ? Makes santa totally linked more to Norse than Christian origins... very good cartoon though...