Stump The Demo Girl

[KatherineB]

Um, Santa originally stemmed from St Nicholas (via centuries and a lot of commercial input and whatnot - it's not a straight line, but nevertheless there's a link) and St Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, was probably a better believer in Jesus than WTFL could ever be. What a silly cow!

[wolfie]

Um, Santa originally stemmed from St Nicholas (via centuries and a lot of commercial input and whatnot - it's not a straight line, but nevertheless there's a link) and St Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, was probably a better believer in Jesus than WTFL could ever be. What a silly cow!

Exactly - imagine how a very young child would say "St. Nicholas", it would probably come out sounding a lot like "Santa Claus". As for your comment about WTFL, please don't insult bovines by equating her with them.

[Shalom]

Exactly - imagine how a very young child would say "St. Nicholas", it would probably come out sounding a lot like "Santa Claus"..

Doesn't even have to be a child; I heard somewhere that "St Nicholas" in Dutch is "Sinter Klaas", whence "Santa Claus".

[PandaHat]

Does that mean Jesus brings them Christmas presents?

I was never told Santa was real, all our presents were labelled from whomever had given them (e.g. gran and papa; mummy and daddy etc).

I remember in my first year of school hearing the other kids talk about Santa, and in my naivety I told them Santa wasn't real. Cue huge bursts of tears to my confusion. Mum sat me down that evening and explained although I knew that Santa didn't exist, other children believed he was real, and I should not tell them otherwise.

[PandaHat]

Doesn't even have to be a child; I heard somewhere that "St Nicholas" in Dutch is "Sinter Klaas", whence "Santa Claus".

According to my Dutch friend, Sinter Klaas and Santa are two different people. Sinter Klaas comes on ?5th December and Santa comes on Christmas Eve. She told me this the other day so I'm reasonably sure I've got it right.

[Kereminde]

Two things:

- Santa Claus is also known by Saint Nicholas, as mentioned here so he's technically a saint. So denying recognition of him is probably some mild form of heresy.

- If you really want to go off the deep end refer to "Santa Christ". Internet denizens are bound to snicker.

[depechemodefan]

Does that mean Jesus brings them Christmas presents?

My mom's from Colombia and the custom is that baby Jesus brings the presents. I grew up not believing in Santa, and in Jr. High, we were suppose to write letters to Santa in English class, but I wrote a "why Santa Clause is not real" letter.

That WTF woman seems the type of person who like's spoiling everyone's good time. Too bad she didn't let her kids take the goodies; maybe her intentions was not to let her kids get goodies in the first place, but instead of saying, "no thank you" or "sorry, my kids can't eat sweets," she makes it your fault.

But really, I doubt if someone, back in the day, said to Jesus, "Happy Zeus Day!" He would get all bent out of shape. He probably say, "I'm a Jew, we don't celebrate foreign god's birthdays, but thanks anyway!"

[AmbrosiaWriter]

But really, I doubt if someone, back in the day, said to Jesus, "Happy Zeus Day!" He would get all bent out of shape. He probably say, "I'm a Jew, we don't celebrate foreign god's birthdays, but thanks anyway!"

Actually he'd probably say, "Who is Zeus?" and then go "Oh, you mean Jupiter?"

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

But really, I doubt if someone, back in the day, said to Jesus, "Happy Zeus Day!" He would get all bent out of shape. He probably say, "I'm a Jew, we don't celebrate foreign god's birthdays, but thanks anyway!"

What would He say if I said "Happy Ass Day!" ?

I'm just curious.

[Mriswith]

Is it a bad thing that I read the title and immediately pictured an amputee showing how a product was "So easy to use, you can do it one-handed!"?

*smack* Bad Mriswith.

[dalesys]

Is it a bad thing that I read the title and immediately pictured an amputee showing how a product was "So easy to use, you can do it one-handed!"?

*smack* Bad Mriswith.

I'm worse... I thought of all the kids with no arms and legs... Bob, in the pool; Matt trying to ring the doorbell; Patty on the grill; Cookie in the oven; Rich in the bank...

[Jay 2K Winger]

What would He say if I said "Happy Ass Day!" ?

I'm just curious.

Probably something like this?



....annnnnd I'm going to Hell...

[Mr Hero]

*mod hat and cape on*

No capes!

Anyway, that lady was definitely more than just WTF worthy. Geez, she should at least be polite about religious differences.

Does this mean I can go into SC mode any time a server offers me coffee or an alcoholic drink?

[celticgrl]

Is it a bad thing that I read the title and immediately pictured an amputee showing how a product was "So easy to use, you can do it one-handed!"?

*smack* Bad Mriswith.

You know I didn't think about that was trying to think of a catchy title.

[stitchwitch]

Um, Santa originally stemmed from St Nicholas (via centuries and a lot of commercial input and whatnot - it's not a straight line, but nevertheless there's a link) and St Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, was probably a better believer in Jesus than WTFL could ever be. What a silly cow!

Not to mention the pagan "holly king" ( which is where holly as xmas decore came from.) And several other pagan ideas. (As you can probably tell from my sn and sig, I'm Wiccan.)