tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311145001619682488.post1371676321065467542..comments2023-11-03T05:37:29.870-07:00Comments on Letters From the Gulag : Saint Nicholas and Protestant-Illuminati PressThe Orthodox Christian Philosopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17500088467566654434noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6311145001619682488.post-64058108870322258212017-06-25T08:07:57.980-07:002017-06-25T08:07:57.980-07:00The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surr...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 and the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas (himself also based on Saint Nicholas). 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.<br /><br />Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man—sometimes with spectacles—wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and who carries a bag full of gifts for children. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books, films, and advertising.<br /><br />This is the popular deception that "Santa Claus" is actually a product of commerce and not the Northern European Protestant Illuminati Press. This same Illuminati Press through fairy tales and tracts demonized the Czars of Russia and created the inhuman mythology of the Spanish Inquisition, the specter of thousands tortured and executed, an event that never happened. <br /><br />The Orthodox Christian Philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17500088467566654434noreply@blogger.com