Mall of America Welcomes First Black Santa -- Racists Lose Their Goddamn Minds

[Meathead]

Anyone upset about a black Santa in 2025 is a ridiculous human being

As long as they call him Kwanzaa Claus, who cares? Why not Muhammed Claus while we're at it?

 

[Concerned American]

Good show, conservatives. You really are a bunch of low class assholes.

Say it ain't so. In BRIGHT BLUE MINNESOTA, the newspaper is overwhelmed by 'conservative racists'? Try again.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I hate to tell you, Santa isn't real...

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He is a character that has evolved from a real person, Saint Nicholas, who was of Greek descent.

Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In legend, among his early acts of giving was using his inherited wealth to save poor young women from the fate of prostitution, by giving their parents money for dowries so the women could be married.



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[Concerned American]

Well, Santa IS white.

Why are they always trying to userp white culture?

The Turkish Santa Claus from Demre

www.turkeytravelcentre.com

 

[Concerned American]

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He is a character that has evolved from a real person, Saint Nicholas, who was of Greek descent.

Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In legend, among his early acts of giving was using his inherited wealth to save poor young women from the fate of prostitution.



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Stuff of legends. There are many beliefs surrounding St. Nicholas and Santa Claus. I have also heard that he was of Turkish descent---which isn't such a stretch from Greek.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

The Turkish Santa Claus from Demre

www.turkeytravelcentre.com

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Good story of the origins of St. Nicholas.

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[Zebra]

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Good story of the origins of St. Nicholas.

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very popular in Central Europe

 

[Meathead]

very popular in Central Europe

In CZ at least they don't have Saint Nick etc. They have baby Jesus.

 

[Unkotare]

In CZ at least they don't have Saint Nick etc. They have baby Jesus.

 

[Zebra]

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure of Western culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve(24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December).[1] The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra, the British figure of Father Christmas, the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas (himself based on Saint Nicholas), the German figure of the Christkind (a fabulized Christ Child), and the holidays of Twelfth Night and Epiphany and their associated figures of the Three Kings(based on the gift-giving Magi of the Nativity) and Befana. Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed elements of the Germanic god Wodan, who was associated with the pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.

Wodan would certainly explain flying through the sky in a sleigh. He may be part of the Santa tradition, but so, strongly, is St. Nick for whom he is even named. The gift giving part, esp.
I like what Sassy posted about him. Santa is all about magic and happiness for little kids and Santa should be whomever/whatever they think he is.
This didn't start as a racist OP. Why did it have to be turned into one? No one over 7 should be allowed to have an opinion on this, and that is the bottom line.

A good text about Santa and the Christkind!

 

[Zebra]

I googled the original Santa myth. He was totally a person of color, was St. Nick.

he was a Greek bishop