St Nicholas, things hanging from trees in the depth of winter solstice....

Dana

On 5/6/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Santa does come with Christmas. But I had lots of Japanese (lived there for 3 
> 1/2 years) friends who had nothing to do with Jesus, (Shinto and Buddhists) 
> who celebrated the Santa Claus aspect of Christmas.
> 
> I don't know if Santa is representative of the three Kings?  I've not heard 
> that before but I don't pay much attention to the religious aspects of 
> Christmas. Maybe someone else knows more about Santa's relationship with the 
> religious aspects of Christmas. I'd like to know.
> 
> Yes, it is time for a Beer
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:32 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: been a while since we talked politics
> 
> I was never taught to believe in Santa. Santa is only universal to Christians.
> I realize you don't want me to bring up religion but do you realize
> Christmas is religious holiday? Santa comes on Christmas? Doesn't he
> represent the three Kings bringing gifts or something like that?
> 
> Time for a beer yet?
> Speaking of religion, Bishops Finger is another excellent ale.
> 
> On 5/6/05, Ken Ketsdever wrote:
> > last I knew Christmas was a religious holiday.  Santa Claus is purely 
> > commercial, don't find any mention of him I n the Koran, Bible or any other 
> > religious document that I am aware of.  Retailers don't care if you are 
> > catholic, protestant, Buddhist, Shinto, Hindu are any other religion.  
> > Santa is universal.  Now that bit about Jesus, that's religion.  We've 
> > already beat each other up over politics today so I don't think this is a 
> > good time to bring up religion.
> >
> 
> 

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