Santa Timeline: Before He Was Cheery and Chubby

LATimes ^ | December 24, 2011

[Steelfish]

You may think you know Santa, but there's a lot more to the legend than a bag full of presents. What follows is a selective history of St. Nick and how he came to be known as the jolly round man in the iconic red suit.

[al baby]

Santa is very jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live. ~Dennis Miller

[sinanju]

Santa was on the Union side in the Civil War:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:1863_harpers.jpg

[dog breath]

Santa as he exists in popular culture is more akin to a Germanic pagan shaman or God then is is to the Christian saint. Incidentally did you hear about the dyslexic Satanist? He got confused and accidentally sold his soul to Santa.

[dsc]

“He got confused and accidentally sold his soul to Santa”

Thanks. I was just thinking that I could really use a good laugh.