[Siobhan]

Wrong. He always will, and he is one of our secret weapons in the culture. Children who want to know more about "Santa" have this "under the radar" little avenue of grace into their lives where they may learn about who St. Nicholas really was -- a believer in Jesus Christ and a bishop in Christ's Holy Church.

[jlogajan]

he is one of our secret weapons in the culture.

Pagans can say the same thing about the rather straight forward ripoff of the winter solstice celebration as a Christian holiday.