There are many historical references to the pagan origins of Christmas and it seems that even old "Santa Claus" is not innocent and cherubic but is a pagan mythological figure.
Alexander Hislop in his book, The Two Babylons says,
"Some of Santa Claus's characteristics date back many centuries. For example, the belief that Santa enters the house through the chimney developed from an old Norse legend. The Norse believed that the goddess Hertha appeared in the fireplace and brought good luck to the home."
The "sun-god" in ancient Egypt was Osiris. The round disk of the Egyptian "mass" symbolized the sun, and was an offering symbolizing the sun-god. He was considered the life and nourishment of the souls of men!
World Book Encyclopedia
"Although most people assume that the original "Santa Claus" was a bishop by the name of St. Nicholas of Asia Minor of the fourth century, this is not really true. Although some of this bishop's deeds later came to be associated with "St. Nick," the original "Nicholas" was once again Nimrod, the "mighty one against the Lord." The word "Nicholas" means "mighty one, powerful." Traditions of a "god" who gave gifts under an evergreen tree antecede the Asian Minor bishop by thousands of years! Among the Scandinavians it was the god Odin or Woden who left special gifts during the Yuletide season under the evergreen tree, his sacred tree!"
The word "Santa," rearranged spells "S-A-T-A-N" and remember that Satan is the arch enemy of God!
Odin or Woden was the original “Santa Claus”, the chief god of Norse mythology, a fierce fighter who carried a spear as his special weapon. He was famous for his magical powers and for being a mighty hunter and Odin was just another name for Nimrod, who the Bible says was, “the mighty hunter” before (against in Hebrew) the Lord (Genesis 10:9). His reputation as such was widespread.
Says Alexander Hislop, in The Two Babylons, page 133-134,
"The Wodan or Odin of Scandinavia can be proved to be the Adon of Babylon". Nimrod, Adon, or Adonis, of Babylon was the great "war-god."
“The name Santa Claus evolved from Nick's Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nikolaas (Dutch for Saint Nicholas). In 1804, John Pintard, a member of the New York Historical Society, distributed woodcuts of St. Nicholas at the society's annual meeting. The background of the engraving contains now-familiar Santa images including stockings filled with toys and fruit hung over a fireplace. In 1809, Washington Irving helped to popularize the Sinter Klaas stories when he referred to St. Nicholas as the patron saint of New York in his book, The History of New York. As his prominence grew, Sinter Klaas was described as everything from a "rascal" with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings to a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a "huge pair of Flemish trunk hose."
Are we breaking the ninth Commandment and lying to our children when we tell them that there really is a Santa Claus?
To be continued…
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Sources:
www.history.com/topics/santa-claus
hope-of-israel.org.nz/cmas1.htm
The World Book Encyclopedia,
The Two Babylons
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