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by **Game A Gogo** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:34 pm

hey all, i know sometimes im anoying, but i wanted to wish a merry chrismas in advance to all of you, enven the ones that dosnt read this. Im only going to get one present, maybe, cause where quinda poor. And a good new ear, lol year, well happy holydays and have good time whit your famaly

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by **Diana Kennedy** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:17 am

A happy holydays to you, too. We don't have much money for presets this year, too. Let's just try to have some good holydays - it will be as good.

by **ingsan** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:37 pm

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you Too :mrgreen:

by **Game A Gogo** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:13 pm

HO HO HO, here a fack about santa claus:

Did you know santa claus was made by Coca-Cola?? you may not belive me, but its true.

by **willg101** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:45 am

You sure? "Saint Nick" came from the Netherlands, he would put chocolate in good children's shoes. At least, that's what us "dutch" people are taught. :wink:

Anyway, Merry Christmas to all, especially Makslane!

I've been here a year now!

by **robin.deman** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:03 pm

Game a Gogo wrote:HO HO HO, here a fack about santa claus:

Did you know santa claus was made by Coca-Cola?? you may not belive me, but its true.

Nah, Santa Claus (and the way how he dresses) is made by coca cola, im sure. And not from Sinterklaas that we have in the Netherlands.

by **Diana Kennedy** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:14 pm

I guess you are kidding

In the case that not: Santa of course existed in Europe centuries before Coca Cola. Actually the character is based on the Bishop Nicolause of Myra. (This is why he is dressed in red. Bishop-red) The bishop of Myra was said to be good to childern. One day he heard of two girls who were so poor that their familiy would sent them to go as whores. So he sneaked to their house and placed two spheres of pure Gold under their beds. This Legend probably gave birth to the Europe-Wide image of Santa giving out presents to childern.

More about Santa here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_clause

by **Game A Gogo** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:13 pm

what i meen that coca cola created santa, I meen he evented santa and not nickolas, nickolas is way before santa, and santa is wen my granparents existed, well anyway, maybe what i say is not truth but it was my history proff that told me that, he know's a lot, and hes funny.

by **Diana Kennedy** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:40 am

Coca-Cola didn't invent Santa as a character. This IS fact. (Saw the Wikipedia-Article?) Coca-Cola picked up an already existing mythological figure that has MANY varitions in many countries and enthnics. The dutch is one of them, but also the swiss "Samichalus" the french "père noël" the German "Weihnachtsmann" and so on. They all go back to various mythological roots which are for one the said bishop of Myra but also older pagan beliefs.
Coca-Cola, by picking up the Myth helped probably to esthalish the image that is most common in the US now. It is just an onther variation.

my history proff that told me that, he know's a lot, and hes funny.

If he's funny he probably just made a joke, assuming that you all know the thruth. If he would pretend seriously that Santa is an invention of Coca-Cola it would be a heavy case of wrong teaching.

by **Novice** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:11 pm

Coca Cola didn't invent santa they just changed his color from blue to red, Sinalco tried to do the same with yellow color but failed.

by **Diana Kennedy** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:36 pm

I hate to contradict everytime. But Sanats Color was always red. The red coat is the Bishop coat of saint Nicholas of Myra.

by **willg101** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:36 pm

Hey guys, I'm sorry! St. Nick was from present day Turkey!
Read more...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

by **Game A Gogo** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:37 pm

he wasnt joking, maybe its coming from generation, or something, the only way to know is to go back in time, sa we cant do...

by **Diana Kennedy** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:42 pm

If he wasn't joking, then he is badly informed. This is not good, since the myths and origins about santa Clause are well documented. So we CAN know.

Willg101: Yeah, I luked that article, too.

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