12-28-2010, 03:53 PM
Hi,
I always get St. Nick and Old Nick confused. One presides over a season of crass materialism when money is lord and the other rides around in an airborne sleigh.
I think Macy's contributed to that creation.
In "The Night Before Christmas" the name is St. Nicolas, but the description is very much Santa Claus. That was the early 1800s.
--Pete
(12-28-2010, 01:03 PM)LavCat Wrote: Are not Santa Claus and Saint Nichlas the same name? Though Santa, as we know him now, is a creation of Coca Cola.
I always get St. Nick and Old Nick confused. One presides over a season of crass materialism when money is lord and the other rides around in an airborne sleigh.
I think Macy's contributed to that creation.
In "The Night Before Christmas" the name is St. Nicolas, but the description is very much Santa Claus. That was the early 1800s.
--Pete
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