The Messed Up Origins™ of Santa Claus | Folklore Explained
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» Santa Claus Worldwide: A History of St. Nicholas and Other Holiday Gift-Bringers by Tom A. Jerman, McFarland & Company, North Carolina, 2020
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» The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2003
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@JonSolo Жыл бұрын
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@LYNN-id9rb Жыл бұрын
You mean Merry Christmas
@justinanderson267 Жыл бұрын
Who ever said Santa was smoking tobacco? xD
@hades2262 Жыл бұрын
@Jon Solo Sorry to inform you, but Santa has already given all the Lego Medieval Blacksmith sets because I have the good physical blackmail on his history of breaking and entering homes and the "Christmas Magic" he uses to get in and out unseen and I can just seen Thanatos to get him. He is truly not immortal, The "Santa" figure has just been a long legacy of the children and decedents of Hermes . See you in 50 to 60 years Sincerely, Lord Hades, King and God of the Underworld, God of Riches, Eldest son of Kronos and Rhea, The unseen one, wielder of the Helm of Invisibility and Bident, holder of Cerberus, Consort to Persephone. P.S. This is just a joke to all who read this comment
@dinggullberry-go3yc Жыл бұрын
I got the Lego Medieval Blacksmith set because my threat to push him of the roof
@heatherg7235 Жыл бұрын
Happy Holidays, Jon! I am so happy with your take on Santa. Well said.
@pandacitis7763 Жыл бұрын
Total agreement with pointing out the silliness of slapping an "Identity" on the idea of Santa. The only "tradition" my family had was that we gifted what was needed or something that was used commonly. Being in an interracial family, for the Christmas meal, we would have dishes common to America and Korea. The same went for Thanksgiving and the New Year. You might see a Turkey, but you can guarantee there would be rice, kimchi, and some other ban-chan included.
@katjagolden893 Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I had my parents over for Thanksgiving dinner. They had just moved back to America from China. My step mom is from Xi’an China. My father met and married my step-mom Jing, when he was teaching English to young school children. Jing had never had Turkey before. When they are not visiting family for the holidays they will go out to dinner for Thanksgiving or Hanukkah and have duck. I’m half Jewish & half Catholic so…yeah, I celebrate both holiday.
@MsStealYourDadAndMom Жыл бұрын
I'm not Asian, at least that I know of cause I know nothing about my bio dad's side of the family, but I love kimchi. I was sick one day in high school watching a rerun of a show called mash, heard them talking about it and decided I was gonna try some and it was amazing lol.
@crobot4445 Жыл бұрын
Same here people get too out of hand doing things like that.
@katjagolden893 Жыл бұрын
@@crobot4445 EXACTLY
@nmoney6655 Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was little I got a lot of gifts for Christmas and then my mom would cook me a amazing breakfast of pancakes and waffles with cheese eggs and sausage
@yolman25 Жыл бұрын
Love the final statement at the end. People nowadays always talk about equality, but all they see is their differences. Santa is for all
@loki2240 Жыл бұрын
European Jesus agrees...
@nmoney6655 Жыл бұрын
@@loki2240 nah Black Jesus
@Cooper_sly5 Жыл бұрын
Is that why conservative Christians are burning every book that tells the history of any minority in America? Seems like their agenda to dumb down their supporters is working lol
@emberphillips8694 7 ай бұрын
I love that!
@sportsfisher9677 7 ай бұрын
Cultural appropriation is Racist and Santa mythos is European and it is Racist and Supremacist to say it shouldn't be respected. Yes Santa in the myth loves all, but you can't change his complexion, European heritage, gender, or sexuality etc.
@sabrinaloizides-merideth9874 Жыл бұрын
I was raised Greek Orthodox so the church I was raised in put a lot more empasis on Saint Nicholas and December 6th than on the holiday of Christmas itself. I love the idea that Santa can look like anyone or be anything they want to be. Bringing up my daughter, we always told her what my parents told me: mall Santas work for the big guy and going to see them is like talking to him personally. That way, if we ran into a less than traditional looking Santa, it was still okay. I love the idea of someone who gives selflessly to everyone. It's a great message and I think more folks should try to immulate that idea of Santa, not just at Christmas, but all year.
@samanthawright9589 Жыл бұрын
I agree. & According to a documentary, that was the type of person St. Nickolaus was
@ShinyGolduck5 Жыл бұрын
Same here in Slovenia while we do celebrate Christmas on December 25th it's kinda big deal here, we do give more emphasis on December 6th and Sinterklaas day(Miklavž- St. Nick)
@vespista1971 6 ай бұрын
We also told our daughter that all the Santas in malls and such were the Big Guy’s helpers, b/c he was naturally quite busy up at HQ overseeing all the toy-making and reindeer care…. Our daughter always has had a keen eye and a healthy dose of skepticism, and started asking questions about how different they all looked, etc., at a pretty early age, but this explanation made sense to her. The Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny were on the chopping block much sooner, though, for being much less believable lol
@dyslexictreki7087 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful message at the end. Yes, everyone can be Santa. I had a teacher who wore a Santa necklace at the holidays when I was in high school and it was black because she was black. A few students made an issue about it and she said her Santa was black as were her kids. I'm white but I loved that so much that when I moved out on my own I bought a black Santa to top my tree the only year I decorated for the holeday. When I got looks at buying I just said, "My Santa was black." She was one of a few teachers who really stood up for me in school so it was a way of keeping a happy memory from that time.
@JonSolo Жыл бұрын
that's a great story! I love that you continued her tradition in your own way. ☺
@dyslexictreki7087 Жыл бұрын
@@JonSolo Thank you. I plan on sharing this video on Christmas day in the Trans support group I mod in. I try to have little events for those whose families reject them for their gender identity. Try to give them some bright spots on an otherwise hard day. You're message at the end, including trans Santas will mean more than you know.
@ayanamiayachanJ 7 ай бұрын
@@JonSoloevery Christmas Eve me and my sister Kate usually open one gift on Christmas Eve before we go to bed.
@sportsfisher9677 7 ай бұрын
However, there is another pov , no one likes to have their culture heritage appropriated. Think about how some people have been offended by other cultures getting treated as costumes on Halloween and have rightly complained. The mythos of Santa/Father's Christmas/ Grandfather Frost is European in origin and that should be respected without appropriation. Appropriation can be Racist in itself.
@adeadlyfart13 6 ай бұрын
So I guess MLK and Malcom X can be white too. Ok got it.
@sarahparfitt6832 Жыл бұрын
I love what you said about santas identity. People rely too much on labeling eachother based on the outside when really it should come down to one basic question "what kind of person are you?". Drives me insane!
@maggiesheartlove2734 Жыл бұрын
Preaching to the choir, my friend!!
@halg3625 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I couldn't agree more! People have been WAY too focused on our differences, and not nearly enough on how we're the same.
@Enixon869 Жыл бұрын
The weirdest part to me is that as far back as I can remember (I'm 34 for what that's worth) there's always been Santa Clause decorations depicting him as various different ethnicities so I feel like people suddenly getting upset at the idea are at least a good three and a half decades late to start crying about "Christmas going woke" or whatever
@howler11 Жыл бұрын
finaly, i see someone saying what i keep saying everytime people start talking about things like that. so glad im no the only one thinking like that
@leoniaruby7018 Жыл бұрын
@@Enixon869 I'm 33 and I remember those same decorations. In fact I can recall one Christmas as a little kid we were in a store (I think it might have been a Khols?) that sold Santa Claus's of different ethnicity, Black, White, Chinese and I think another one was Hispanic. Their suits was traditionally red but was designed to depict the culture each Santa came from.
@craytherlaygaming2852 Жыл бұрын
Honestly one of the stories I've heard that connected Odin to Santa was how he would visit mortals during the winter months disguised as a homeless old man as a test of heart. If you let him stay for the night, a bounty of gold(or other divine blessings) would greet you in the light. If you turned him away, curses would be fall you and your family that day. And if he was Odin... diversity would be easy to fix, Odin's a shapeshifter and can take any form.
@marcusfridh8489 Жыл бұрын
Father Christmas / vater jol was odin, and the tradition with the chistmas stockings is for giving treats to sleipnir, you give sleipnir a treat, and odin gives you a gift as a thanks
@lokelaufeyson9931 Жыл бұрын
Many norse gods was shapeshifters, used many times for both strange and sometimes fun situations.. Read up on the story how sleipner was created and you will love norse mythology :) Its so strange so its fun.
@TitularHeroine Жыл бұрын
@@lokelaufeyson9931 AbsoLUTEly! And user name checks out
@lokelaufeyson9931 Жыл бұрын
@@TitularHeroine thanks :) i dont like how they changed from user name to the @ thingy and number but its how it is
@TitularHeroine Жыл бұрын
@@lokelaufeyson9931 ikr? It subtracts from the tidiness of messages I think
@briandulak1374 Жыл бұрын
Jon, I just wanted to share this story with you. About 25 years ago, celebrating xmas at my Pops house with my sister and her daughter. My step mother had a pretty authentic Santa suit and we arranged it for me to wear it complete with a big red bag full of gifts. I entered through the front door, and when I saw my niece watching me, I put my finger to my lips making a shhhhhhh gesture. As a result of that night, my niece believed until she was 16. She would tell her friends she knows he’s real because she saw him first hand putting presents under the tree.
@marzbar479 Жыл бұрын
I liked what you said about Santa not having an identity. I like the idea that Santa's defining features are generosity and spreading joy and then different families and cultures can portray Santa's other features however they want to. It reminds me of the film Arthur Christmas which seems to have a similar message.
@findingbeautyinthepain8965 Жыл бұрын
I personally believe that Santa shows up in whatever form we picture him in. For example, he probably wouldn’t show up as a Hawaiian guy in West Africa, because I doubt many West African children have ever seen a Hawaiian person, in order to imagine one. I also think the image we feel comfortable with is important too. Santa may not show up as a man to a little girl that has only had bad experiences with and is scared of men. Santa is magic so he can do anything.
@dustylong 6 ай бұрын
@@findingbeautyinthepain8965 Beautifully said 🤗
@andrewvelonis5940 6 ай бұрын
Hear, hear!
@mandjinc.7036 Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your stance on the "identity" part of Santa. I agree with you on it.
@antiquatedanachronism1997 Жыл бұрын
I always learn something new from you. 😊 When I was small, "Santa" put up the tree and decorated it as well as delivering the presents. It was magical waking up on Christmas morning and seeing the lighted tree and all the presents. As we got older, my parents did more of the tree to "help Santa" since he was so busy.
@JonSolo Жыл бұрын
that's so clever!
@luminoustarisma Жыл бұрын
I think some parts of the world forget how diverse Christmas is around the world. I mean, where I live Santa lives in Lapland (the traditional region for the Sami culture), which is why he has reinderrs. We have no such things as stockings, he will come to our homes on Christmas Eve, usually when families are gathered, hand out presents (and for some strange reason, dad always just HAS to head out to buy a newspaper right before he arrives). And shortly after he leaves, dad returns, it is so strange. And before Santa,by tradition, we had a goat who did a similar job. There is also the theory that the farmland guardiants, known as tomte, also migrated to Lapland and now helps him, but you can still find them in some places and they appreciate a bowl of porridge on Christmas Eve. And before you ask, I live in Sweden, which has nothing to do with the origin of the story, but we kind of have our version of Christmas here. though if you want to get really wacky, try to find an person from Iceland to tell you, they have 13 Santas and one cat from hell.
@Twinklethefox9022 Жыл бұрын
I wanted to share a nice Christmas Eve story as a kid. I couldn't sleep so both my dad and grandpa pretended to be Santa on the roof top and happily ran to tell my family what I heard.
@EvanVerse Жыл бұрын
The one history channel I watch without getting bored
@JonSolo Жыл бұрын
Hahaha glad I can keep you awake! 😂
@LuzifersShadow Жыл бұрын
Providing false information like claiming St. Nikolas was a Turkish bishop 🙄
@autumnphelps6268 Жыл бұрын
This is by far your best video yet! I love your take on Santa! My parents would give us three presents ever year, and they were labeled as "Gold," "Frankincense," and "Myrrh." Frankincense was something you need, myrrh was something spiritual, and gold was something fun. We would also go to my grandparents' house on Christmas Eve to eat Christmas foods like ham, sing Christmas carols, and then read the story of Christ's birth in Luke 2. Clearly "The Reason for the Season" was EXTREMELY important to my family. Now my brothers and I are all heathens, but my mom asked us if we still want to do the gold, frankincense, and myrrh thing and we all agreed because tradition, and the grandkids are all old enough that we don't go to my grandparents' house for Christmas Eve anymore.
@jaybirdie1428 Жыл бұрын
The gold, frankincense and myrrh presents is such a beautiful tradition 🥺 thanks for sharing
@edgeribble Жыл бұрын
@@jaybirdie1428 That’s facts
@jenniferschillig3768 Жыл бұрын
Sounds a little like a poem that's a guideline for parents giving gifts to their kids: "Something they want/Something they need/Something to wear/Something to read." In my case, it's "Something to read/Something to read/Something to read/Something to read." (I'd add in "something to listen to" or "something to watch", but I haven't been asking for DVDs or Broadway CDs as much since you can find so many movies streaming and so much music on KZfaq.)
@marianneaugenstein6381 Жыл бұрын
I know a family who did that with their kids and I thought it was a neat idea. Their gifts were always meaningful and it gave them a framework to avoid going overboard.
@tianahorsey-daydreamer8962 Жыл бұрын
My honorary grandfather used to tell me about his one grandmother. On Christmas eve she'd go out with a stick and draw the imprints of sleigh runners in the snow. And when I was a kid, we made "reindeer snacks" by mixing oatmeal and carrot sticks with some glitter (so it would reflect and could be found) and scattered it around the front yard. Santa also got a thank you note with his cookies, and would leave a note behind.
@janetwilliams3253 Жыл бұрын
I am so glad that I got introduced to your channel. I have really enjoyed it very much. I am a 66 year old Granny who has always loved Christmas and not one of those who take away the magic of it from children these days. Thank you for an awesome year and looking forward to the next one. Love you bunches.
@JonSolo Жыл бұрын
This comment made my day! Thanks for watching Janet :) Hope you and your family have a merry Christmas!
@theharshtruthoutthere 6 ай бұрын
@@JonSolo play with the letters and the words and you shall see that santa = satan.
@snowimayko659 Жыл бұрын
18:45-18:48 'If you want to spread positivity, go ahead and be Santa Claus. Just don't vape while you are in the suit.' Man this quote got me LAUGHING 🤣🤣🤣
@DickDiamond74 Жыл бұрын
For a long time i figured Santa became whatever the makeup of the family's house he entered. He's MAGIC .Besides, nobody can technically see him anyways unless he allows it. Happy holidays!
@SafetySpooon Жыл бұрын
first time I heard this fabulous thought was on (brace yourselves!) The Cosby SHow!
@DickDiamond74 Жыл бұрын
@@SafetySpooon it's very possible I pulled the memory from there
@findingbeautyinthepain8965 Жыл бұрын
I think when Santa chooses to reveal himself, he shows up in whatever form the believer has pictured in their heads. It can’t go by the race of the family in this day in age because a lot of families are mixed. At least in my home, idk if Santa would show up as white, brown, or a mixture of both. 😂 When I have (and adopt) children, I’m going to make sure to expose my kids to all different races of Santa, so they realize he can appear in all different forms. The possibilities are endless, which is so, so fun!
@justingordon1075 Жыл бұрын
Every year, my cousin and her husband celebrates Christmas at her house. It's always love when we all arrive. No one is angry, no one is fighting, and no matter how our year was, we always seem to find our way there. Thank you for making this episode, and Happy Holidays
@ishaq72681 Жыл бұрын
Dude, Jon Solo you have hit the nail in the head. Your perspective on the Santa identity potential crisis, is absolutely spot on and amazingly correct. Just thank you. I've been following you for a few years now, but this one touched home like no other.. just thank you bro
@unorthodoxpeach Жыл бұрын
On Christmas eve we get together exchange books and drink tea or hot chocolate while tracking Santa. It's a great way to wind the kids down to go to bed.
@joannakamphuis8723 Жыл бұрын
Hey Jon, Sinterklaas doesn't come on december 6. He comes the second weekend of november and stays in the country visiting schools and malls for weeks. The evening of 5 december is pakjesavond and then the big presents are delivered. This is because the story says that december 5th is his birthday. That night he also travels back home to Spain.
@jorenbosmans8065 Жыл бұрын
This is appearantly region dependent. As far as I understand, the Netherlands open the gifts at the 5th of December and here in Belgium it is the 6th of December. Not very sure about the reason for the difference.
@gewoonik687 Жыл бұрын
As far as I know 6th of December Sinterklaas travels back to spain,the night before he leaves the gifts for the children. Thats why 5th December night or 6th December morning would be the time for presents. I don't know how it is done in Belgium on the 6th.
@JonSolo Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! So he does deliver the presents on those dates he's just in town for longer than that? Glad to hear that I wasn't too far off.
@jilskehupkes7729 9 ай бұрын
Yes indeed, in the Netherlands a bag of gifts is delivered on the 5th, and between his arrival in NL and the 5th, children can place their shoe near the chimney (or other heater), sing sinterklaas songs, and find a small present in their shoe the next morning. Usually this is not allowed every evening; this would give him and his helpers too much work, and that would be selfish. Also at some shops and schools children can leave a (paper folded) shoe and get a small present.
@dustylong 6 ай бұрын
December 6th is his birthday, that's why he delivers presents the night before and then leaves to celebrate his birthday the next day. That's the legend told to kids. However, it seems that December 6th is actually the day that the bishop of Myra died and nobody knows when he was born. That's why that date has been picked to celebrate, it's the only date we're sure of. Or so it seems. Btw, yes Sinterklaas is indeed the bishop of Myra. At least, that's what I've read about him. And not just on the internet 😅
@medo5417 Жыл бұрын
I found out Santa wasn't actually breaking into my home when, on Christmas Eve (when I was 10 I might add), I went downstairs for a drink of water and caught my mum setting up all of the presents for me and my siblings. She then tried to explain that Santa had come to Scotland early this year and that she had to stay up so she could pay him for his efforts. Suuuuuuure mum, I believe you
@Shadowluigi-pj9nq Жыл бұрын
At least you didn't wake up on the middle of the night thinking Santa was actually there, just to realise it was just your cat 🤣
@ginnyjollykidd Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite traditions is to go driving around the neighborhood in the evening to see everybody's outdoor decorations!
@logankearl8115 Жыл бұрын
His Santa opinion is great. People have totally focused on who they are on the outside and left behind who they are on the inside.
@InvincibleSummer7 Жыл бұрын
Came here for the great info as usual and stayed for the awesome stance you took at the end. May we all, regardless of background find joy and unity during the holidays. A fantastic one to you and yours Mr. Solo!
@malencruz7560 Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays Jon! Here in the Philippines, particularly in our family, we grew up hanging socks/stockings in our window (since we don't have chimneys here 😅) and when we wake up at 12midnight our socks will be filled with chocolates, apple and money. Now that I'm older, I give back by giving gifts especially to the children in the family.. now I'm busy making crocheted gifts for the family 🥰
@DarkKnight1974 Жыл бұрын
We say Santa is a spirit and everybody gets the spirit of Santa in them... That way the kids don't get confused when they see multiple Santa clauses running around
@ladiesman181002 Жыл бұрын
This is by far one of the best episodes you’ve ever made Jon and I got to say I love that last part that you threw in there it’s about time that somebody spoke to those haters because they will look for every excuse in the book to hate! Merry Christmas!
@charlesnewman6468 Жыл бұрын
Amen to that and Merry Christmas
@RedRoseSeptember22 Жыл бұрын
What book of hate?
@juliapeck9034 Жыл бұрын
In The Year without a Santa movie, Mrs Claus sings a song about how anyone can be Santa after she puts on the suit. I thought of that near the end while talking about the overall identity of Santa. Seemed fitting for the topic. 🎅 🤶 I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season.
@Joy-jl1nk Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love what you said about the identiy of Santa. It was so well said and I agree 100%. Let Santa represent love, hope and joy. That's what Santa is meant to be.
@crimsonvoid1595 Жыл бұрын
I don’t like when legends are changed. It kind of bugs me when a legend has been so cemented in people’s minds that they basically feel the legend is correct. Then someone comes along and changes minor details.
@salthesalamander5846 Жыл бұрын
YAAAY! Santa is messed up 🎅 .
@hannahclarke872 Жыл бұрын
Dude I just wanna say how much I absolutely adore what you said about Santa being not specifically gendered or having a precise skin tone etc. You're my hero ❤️
@kathrinsides2838 9 ай бұрын
Folklore and mythology are both very important subjects to me. I am a former English teacher, and I am very glad to have found your channel recently on KZfaq. I really appreciate that you produce videos on these topics because they are incredibly important to educating people about the history and background of the stories we were told and in turn tell our children through the generations. And it’s crucial that we keep up with the history of how they came about because if we don’t, it would be lost forever. So I am grateful for the work that you do. Your work along with the people who focus on storytelling are preserving the things that truly matter in our world culture that is so focused on progress that we are in danger of forgetting about our history which is crucial to our future. Thank you.
@greyworld6242 Жыл бұрын
Feels weird that we never got this yet but I’m glad we do now. Also please do Santa’s wife! Great video Jon.
@loki2240 Жыл бұрын
"Also please do Santa's wife!" That will be sure to get Jon on the Naughty List... 😆
@greyworld6242 Жыл бұрын
@@loki2240 XD
@wmdkitty Жыл бұрын
Phrasing!
@wristdisabledwriter2893 Жыл бұрын
I was saying we don’t have a tradition in my family and than I remembered dads side is Greek Orthodox so we technically celebrate Christmas twice. First on the 25th Of December on the Gregorian calendar (that’s the one most people use) with moms side and again on the 25th of December on the Julian calendar (7th of January Gregorian) with dads. One advantage is there’s no fights over holidays among the in-laws
@micah459 Жыл бұрын
I'm actually surprised you just now made this video lol. Also, the way you talked about breaking Santa's leg was too hilarious since you had such a straight face saying it.
@faithcrisis2138 Жыл бұрын
I know it's a common practice, but I love Secret Santa and White Elephant events. They're super fun and everyone is often having a great time
@TheCommenterDragon Жыл бұрын
For some reason this doesn't surprise me, because despite being the holy representation of the holidays you can't expect everything about the origins of jolly old Saint Nicholas to be all mistletoe and candy canes. but i enjoyed the folklore you shared with us in this vid as always Jon, thank you so much and Merry Christmas to you!!!
@ohthehorror31 Жыл бұрын
I really love the idea that Santa can be any gender, color, or sexual orientation. You don't have to be a straight white man to share kindness, generosity, and love with the world and the world certainly needs more of all three. If it makes someone's heart happy to dress up as Santa and spread some positivity around, then it makes my heart happy to support them. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, all the Merrys Jon!!
@PatrickRsGhost Жыл бұрын
One thing I think is interesting concerning the folklore around Santa is that every family can come up with its own and it could be just as plausible as the one that has been unanimously accepted. For example, I remember when I was 5 or 6, starting to retain the knowledge about Santa Claus, and getting upset. The canon is that Santa enters your house through the chimney. But what if your house doesn't have a chimney? My mom explained that Santa had a special cane that he carries with him that can open any door. My 5-or-6-year-old mind took it to mean a candy cane, like the large, fat kind or the plastic ones filled with M&Ms or Reese's Cups. My parents accepted my headcanon and began leaving one hanging on the door every Christmas since then. In the movie "Ernest Saves Christmas", the power and magic of Santa Claus is transferable from one person to another. The current (in the movie) Santa Claus is looking to retire, and he'd already picked out a replacement, a host of a children's TV show. The host is reluctant at first, but soon accepts. There's one scene involving Ernest and Santa's sleigh, along with a couple of his elves. They have all of the reindeer hitched up to the sleigh, and Ernest is trying to get them to take off. He says a few varying commands, until the elves start reciting the lines from the poem, and each reindeer's name lights up like the dashboard of a 1970s Oldsmobile Cutlass. Ernest finishes it off, but he can never remember the last reindeer, Blitzen, until the elves shout it out. Santa's sack in the film didn't have actual toys, just a bunch of glowing orbs filled with children's laughter, and when touched, it would turn into a toy. A teenage runaway was turning some of the orbs into various toys, but becoming disappointed when they weren't cool things, like a stereo or new pair of shoes.
@alexiaivan7708 Жыл бұрын
In Romania, we celebrate both Saint Nicholas, on December 5th, and Santa Claus, on December 24th. In our folklore, it is tradition that on St. Nicholas, you put your boots at the front door, and if you were nice that year, he would bring you presents and sweets. However, if you were naughty, you would get a wooden rod. Also, we had a legend about how St. Nick saved three children from being eaten by a butcher, who then became Krampus. Also, Santa’s sleigh is pulled by 12 white bunny rabbits.
@WidderJonesWannabe Жыл бұрын
Santa, to me, will always be a pipe-smokin', cookie-eating, Coke-drinking, obese, barrel-bellied bundle of joy! 🎅 ❤️ **My family's special tradition is our Festivus Pole 😃
@brianthemagicminion1464 Жыл бұрын
This should be dedicated to my personal Santa Claus, Uncle Craig (December 8th, 1964 - July 10th, 2020)
@RoxyAshNightwing Жыл бұрын
My family Christmas tradition before my parents split was that we would always go driving all around my town and look at all the Christmas lights that people have put up which is really sweet. Since I've moved out of home and shared a household with my boyfriend and his best friend, we have decided to now go Christmas lights looking and listen to Christmas music and sing together in the car while driving around which has become a very cute tradition for me and hopefully I can share my Christmas cheer with others. 😎
@charlenestrauss3539 Жыл бұрын
Happy Holidays to you too John and your loved ones. Hitting the nail on the head with the Santa identity thing. Could not have said it better myself.
@MsTL18 Жыл бұрын
My dad would play Christmas songs on the piano, then later when i learned, I'd be the piano player. Grandma always loved listening to us.
@DoubleDealingDisarray Жыл бұрын
Rankin and Bass for the win! Those were the best parts of the Christmas holiday, in my opinion. It always made me eager to celebrate. We baked/cooked/and created pastries and desserts Christmas Eve then the rest of the holiday feast early on Christmas Day. Christmas Eve dinner eventually became a buffet-style setup of catered food, such as veggies/dip, olives/pickles, pumpernickel bread bowl with dip inside and bread chunks put around the outside, shrimps with cocktail sauce, and the best part was the nachos loaded with ground beef, shredded cheese, salsa, and sour cream. 😋 Or was that New Year's Eve? 🤔 I don't know. It's been years. 😂 But the Christmas dinner was very traditional, ham, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes/yams, etc. My favorite was my late grandmother's Blueberry Delight. I barely remember, but it was Graham crackers crumpled and layered over the bottom of a glass casserole dish, a layer of canned blueberries in...that blueberry syrup stuff, then on the top was the butter cream (I think). It was really good! I miss those times. 😢 Thank you for clarifying the red suit and Cocoa Cola conspiracy theory. That one drives me up the wall. And also thank you for being real when it comes to all these biases. All the winter holidays are about celebration and gift-giving (that I know of). Humans are humans, no matter what they look like, no matter their gender, no matter their sexual orientation, etc. Let's celebrate that with no harm to anyone. Thank you, Jon, for this great video!
@markhardiman1179 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely 💯. Santa Clause is the "Spiritual Embodiment " of how everyone should be selfless & caring.
@Dragiare Жыл бұрын
A tradition I took from my foster home was the role of Secret Santa. When we got old enough and started to lose faith in Santa, one of the older kids or my mom would take us aside and talk to us about why we no longer believe. At the end of the talk they reminded us that spreading kindness is Santa's goal. Not just giving people gifts. And that he entrusts nice children to spread a helping hand and kindness to those in need. They would give us a sheriff badge that was made to look like tree topper and ask us if we want to be take on Santa's greatest task and become a secret Santa. I loved it growing up. Still sticks with me today. I plan to do the same with my daughter when she comes of age.
@jrr2480 Жыл бұрын
Maybe next year's Christmas episode you can talk about the different rewards and punishments that Santa 🎅 and/or other characters do during the holidays.
@jrr2480 Жыл бұрын
One family tradition we do for Christmas is read 📖 about the story in the Book of Mormon about the Lamanite prophet Samuel, tells the Nephites to prepare for the birth of Jesus. Some wicked Nephites are about to murder the other Nephites who believe in Christ if a sign of His birth doesn't happen. When the sun ☀ goes down on the night that the wicked Nephites plan to slaughter the good Nephites, the sky doesn't go dark. It's like its still daytime without the sun in the sky for one full night, which was the sign that Christ was born. The Bad Guys run away, the good guys celebrate, and we learn that it good to stand by your belief in God.
@kyellverdonschot9922 Жыл бұрын
Sinterklaas gives a bundle of sticks for the parents to spank their kids with. And if you’re even worse, he just takes you with him to Spain in a bag so you can work for him
@bunyipdragon9499 Жыл бұрын
I've watched a few Santa doc's over the years (I'm 57) and you didn't disappoint - I learnt something new. I also love your description of what Santa should be at the end. Have a happy Xmas ⭐🎉
@jessie-maribroich1318 Жыл бұрын
As someone who's just moved to Germany, im trying to figure out the various traditional Santa-esque figures they have here, and how they somehow all operate at the same time. Only a few were mentioned in this video. So far ive come across the Christkindl, Sinterklaas, Sankt Nikolaus, Krampus, Belsnickel, Pelzmärtel/Pelznickel, Weihnachtsmann (Santa) and Knecht Ruprecht. Some of them appear with the gift-giver to punish bad kids (via kidnapping, beating, or a bad gift), while others are religion based (Protestant vs Catholic) and are therefore interchangeable depending on your chosen faith. Whats blowing my mind is that a significant portion of them exist at the same time with no overlap (One gives candy to good kids while the other gives presents etc, or one appears in hordes while the other appears alone). Ive also been told that the various regions of the country celebrate different figures and/or have different overall traditions in this regard. You can bet im going to start asking freinds and neighbours to make sense of it all for me, but id love to see a video about the various versions of well known figures in different cultures, as well as how they co-exist in the same holiday. Anyway, love your videos, keep doing what you do!
@BlessedbyGodsGrace 6 ай бұрын
Check out Mind Unveiled's deep dive on Christmas.
@julibrown1861 Жыл бұрын
My new fav holiday tradition is leaving a box of snacks outside our door for the all the delivery drivers. Thanks for the Christmas content. Merry Christmas!🎄🎅🏼
@evelynharber6077 Жыл бұрын
Watched to the end and am giving you a very BIG THANK YOU for saying that Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Kris Kringle or whatever anyone wishes to call the big red suited man who gives gifts on the 24th/25th December no matter what their colour, religion, sexual orientation, etc. So many choices to a simple gift giving tradition created by a far more simplistic human race than there is today in our seemingly "have to categorise society" that seems so evident today! MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL JOYFUL CHRISTMAS EVENT!
@hospitalgal101 Жыл бұрын
Shoutout to YT for not sending me the notification for this even though I have the bell rung
@loccylia4172 9 ай бұрын
I can't believe I let this amazing video slip under my radar. The storytelling was on point, and the information was top-notch, as always. Your content is just a perfect mix of funny and smart, and I genuinely appreciate the effort you put into it, Thank you!
@Fledhyris Жыл бұрын
That was a lovely message at the end, totally agree that Santa is about being Santa, not what he (or she, or they) looks like. Some really interesting info in this video, I did not know about that mix-up with St Nick! 😂🤦♀ Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
@Pigeonnz Жыл бұрын
Apparently the Christmas pickle is something that’s not super common- but this is one of out family traditions. I’ve read that it comes from German tradition so that makes sense, my family is German
@CynthiaPrice79 Жыл бұрын
My step-mother’s family has always done the pickle (in the form of an ornament), but I hadn’t ever heard of it until I saw one on the tree at my dad’s 20-ish years ago.
@Hinatachan360 Жыл бұрын
I just heard about the Christmas pickle from a German lady on a show called Blown Away. She's a glass blower and depicted this tradition in all glass.
@katwhatever Жыл бұрын
i didn't realize this wasn't a common thing.. my family is just southern lol idk where we got that
@autumnphelps6268 Жыл бұрын
My family does this, but with a pickle ornament tucked in the tree instead of an actual pickle. My mom's ancestors were Prussian, so we do some German things.
@Feedyourchickens Жыл бұрын
We have a Christmas pickle! We live in the southern United States, but my nana lived in Germany as a child when her father was in the military!
@joniespi9056 Жыл бұрын
God bless you Jon Solo, I love your work. Merry Christmas.
@leslie-annjones5321 Жыл бұрын
To me growing up Santa never had a color or genda but was just about rewarding children. In the Caribbean there's no snow so we don't worry about that,my family love baking bread and ham Christmas Eve night, after gifts are packed away. Merry Christmas to all, happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa too
@alextalbain9269 Жыл бұрын
My family's Christmas tradition is to stay in our Christmas PJs all day, them when it gets dark, we sit by the fire place with some hot chocolate and watch Christmas movies from sundown to sunrise.
@bectionaryadams8046 Жыл бұрын
Best Christmas movie for me is Santa Claus the Movie from 1985 and it wasn't even mentioned! It's a must watch for my family ❤️
@johnson6099 Жыл бұрын
Powerful message Jon. Love it 👏 good points too I'll never forget what one of my patients said once before. I worked at a behavioral facility. A therapist asked them were they expecting a gift from Santa and my patient replied: "How the hell's he gonna get in here? We do t have a damn chimney." No lie. Kids aren't dumb so please stop giving Santa credit for what we parents do 😂
@loki2240 Жыл бұрын
We've been designating the big gifts from the parents and some smaller gifts from Santa in big Santa mailbags.
@Fledhyris Жыл бұрын
Most modern houses don't have chimneys but it doesn't seem to dent the childhood faith in Santa! He's magic, he can come through windows or just unlock the door if he wants! ;) Kids aren't dumb, but yet it's part of the human condition to believe (or to want to believe) in the supernatural. So we have Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, ghosts, aliens... and general religion!
@kevin4gwen Жыл бұрын
My parents had me watch the Santa Claus movie and in that movie it shows that Santa Claus just magically creates chimneys where there aren't any which was very helpful for me
@johnson6099 Жыл бұрын
@@kevin4gwen 🤣 I love the Santa Clause movies. I love Tim Allen anyway.
@johnson6099 Жыл бұрын
@@Fledhyris Friend got mad at me for my opinion on gift wrapping. I said it's a waste of time to wrap every gift, before I could finish my sentence,she went of a religious rant immediately. I told her I'd hate to hear what she would tell a Muslim or Buddhist just so she could understand the weight of some of the things she was saying and how Christmas does not mean the same thing to everyone and in other countries. Anyway, I finally told I was going to say some gifts are better placed in bags. Then she was like "Oh." So I don't think general religion has much to do with it.
@foreveran00b52 Жыл бұрын
My mom would always make "Reindeer Food" for us to spread out on the lawn as kids. It was mostly made of oats, glitter and carrots. Then we would get sparklers and wave them around the food to make it "magical". Mom would even place a few carrots with bites out of them on the lawn in the morning 😭
@RavynAngelDarck Жыл бұрын
I agree Jon, Santa is the spirit of Christmas to me and I love you too! Much love for the podcast too!!!
@acrankymushroom Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Folklore, and history are both so interesting.
@alicewilloughby4318 Жыл бұрын
Jon, have you read Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett? It discusses the origins and evolution of the Hogfather (the Discworld's version of Santa Clause), while telling an engrossing story.
@Wilted.lycoris Жыл бұрын
I was always told growing up when I would see different Santas in stores that they were elves disguised as Santa so Santa himself would have plenty of time to get the toys made. The explanation went out the window when I learned that the whole world didn’t celebrate Christmas but it was the thought that counted. 😂
@jordandavlin7646 Жыл бұрын
My family always makes homemade Christmas cutout cookies for the holidays. And as to what you said at the end, to me, Santa will always be a kind grandfatherly figure who inspires people to be kind and always do the right thing. But with today's society, Santa's ideals will eventually be lost to time as everyone wants their ideal version of Santa without focusing on his message
@finnie4394 Жыл бұрын
I'll join in with ya on that threat if he don't get me one too!
@RandaEd Жыл бұрын
I really hope you listened to David Sedaris read his Christmas classic "Six to Eight Black Men" in preparing for this. It's all about him discovering European interpretations of Santa.
@NotWorthBeans16 7 ай бұрын
Honestly growing up when I'd see multiple Santas in the mall and stuff, I was told they were Santa's "helpers". So I better be just as good with them as I would with actual big man because they report back to him. So it never bothered us if we saw different Santas.
@jeanettemarkley7299 6 ай бұрын
My husband and I, who are both retired, decided to put up a tree and celebrate an end of the year holiday for the first time in 15 years. We had an old christmas tree in a leaf bag in the basement and we took the top off it to make a small tree. We put it on our table and went through our old ornaments, some from my childhood in the 60s-70s. Chucked out the angels and nativity set. We went on-line and downloaded some Winter Solstice sentiments like, Above us only sky, Darwin in a Santa hat, and We are all star stuff and made orniments from them. This will be our first Winter Solstice celebration on the 21st. I hope you have a good one whatever you celebrate.
@jenniewall6533 Жыл бұрын
Love, love, love your comments!! And I totally agree!! If only more people thought this way, we could possibly be a more accepting and loving society instead of trying to separate ourselves!!! Thank you for getting that message out there!! Love you and your videos!! I think you, your wife, and pug children are so cute!! Merry Christmas to you all!!
@raven3067 Жыл бұрын
*The Messed Up Origins Of The Grinch*
@alicia_elle47 Жыл бұрын
❤ totally agree with you ! Merry Christmas, Jon. Since I was little we get new pajamas on Christmas Eve that we wear on Christmas Day and we all match! I gave my own traditions too like watching One Magic Christmas and I try to show it to a new friend each year because it’s a gem not many know about! 💕♥️🎄🎅🏻
@rokushakubo1 Жыл бұрын
You're awesome! Thank you for your content, my family listens to it all the time. Happy holidays and here is hoping for a lot more of your content in the coming year!
@animekittykitty Жыл бұрын
I like the idea of Santa is in entity not an identity. If you want your kid to see different types of Santa and you're worried that they'll question why there's a "white Santa" in one place and a "black Santa" in another, you can just say, "Sometimes Santa likes to check on kids in person, so he has to blend in with everyone else. If he looked the same everytime, then it'd be easy for bad children to pretend to be good when they see him."
@Cirroyt Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this upload merry Christmas it would be cool to see a video of La bufana (hope I spelled it right) which is I think the Italian Santa Claus but she is a witch and maybe a video on Krampus if we haven’t gotten on yet
@nmoney6655 Жыл бұрын
That final thing that you said at the end made me warm
@WRDPLY Жыл бұрын
The people Who disliked this video about santa are pretty much getting coal for Christmas. Love your videos and keep making them. Santa in my opinion was always a guy who can change his form to whatever house hold he enters cause Santa ain’t no racist or religious phobic, he’s a person who loves to give cheer to all boys and girls who are good. Happy holidays!
@vanilla9683 Жыл бұрын
Omg, we love you Jon Solo! Can't believe something said in earnest made me tear up and bring back.... At least some faith in humanity. Happy holidays to you and yours Mr. Shot First!
@kennethjames9999 Жыл бұрын
I heard that in the Santa Clause movie Tim Allen's character was supposed to shoot Santa with a shotgun instead of him falling off the roof.
@hackman669 Жыл бұрын
Shoot Santa😫😩😓 only in America. Tim Allen the man who shot 🤶🎅 Now behind bars awaiting trial...
@kennethjames9999 Жыл бұрын
@@hackman669 Nah he's a white conservative, he'll just claim he was "standing his ground" and get a medal for taking out that foreign border hopper who only works once a year.
@dariothecat3898 Жыл бұрын
Hey, Jon. I first off wanted to say that I agree with your final comment one hundred percent. It doesn’t matter the color or sexuality of Santa. It’s what he symbolizes and what he means to everyone that matters most. With that note aside my family has gone through a few traditions concerning Christmas Eve. The original one was pretty standard where she’d read “Twas The Night Before Christmas” to me and my sisters. And after that my mom got into a scuffle with extended family on my Dad’s side. So that’s when we started watching “The Nativity Story” from 2005. But most recent my mom has started reading a countdown to Christmas book. That stars a little reindeer and has flaps to open and items to count. And that is my family’s Christmas traditions and I wouldn’t have it any other way. ^^
@EfiLovesBooks Жыл бұрын
This was really great, Jon. Thanks for making it!
@courtneyharkness1921 Жыл бұрын
OMG YES! yes yes yes I completely agree with your stance on how Santa should just be Santa. you put that so well and I appreciate that I'm not the only one in the world who thinks all this segregating and "acceptance" is doing more harm then good. If all are really equal then why are we still hating on each other for being different. I don't care what color gender or orientation you are if you are a good person you are my kind of person.
@naydorsey1398 Жыл бұрын
Im glad my kids don't believe in Santa, it didn't make sense to them. So I just told my kids Santa is a Holiday character that represents the Christmas holiday like the Easter bunny on Easter. The character was made to make kids happy that's why ppl like to take pictures with him. That made sense to them, then making them think a stranger creeping in while they slept.🤣
@LoveForLudwig Жыл бұрын
My favorite Santa movie was Benji's Very Own Christmas Story. As a kid, I loved seeing what Santa looked like in other countries! My dad is a pastor, so our Christmas was more about Jesus. Santa didn't come to our house. We would open up presents after the Christmas Eve church service and then I would play with my new toys on Christmas morning while my parents slept in.
@That80sGuy1972 Жыл бұрын
In Creative Writing class in high school, I touched upon this. The first three paragraphs were North Pole villagers telling the reader about a bit of Santa's Origins, saying that all about Santa is true except one thing, Santa being one person. From what I led the readers to believe, some "magical Christmas story" of alternate origins, I faded it into their post-Christmas party. It was a mix of talking about the naughty and nice kids, as expected, but also talking about the current social norms and what caused the fights about them, with the Santa's often laughing about the social norms as a coping mechanism. I got equally mixed reactions from my peers and an A from my teacher. Just as many of my pears were appalled, amused, and intrigued... all over a mythical character that nobody by that time actually still believed in. I didn't cover nearly as much as you did. I can't remember all of my characters that I took from reading but here's the short list: Chris Kringle, Krampus, two versions of St. Nick (one being the patron saint of thieves), a Santa-looking pagan god I got from Mythology class (god of merchants, thieves, and "other rascals"), a shape-shifter that takes on the ethnic persuasion of the home he is in but otherwise Santa, a shape-shifter that takes on the looks of the gift-giving family member dressed as Santa, the girl who is also the Tooth Fairy, Yule Santa, Solstice Santa, Pan/Eros, Jack Frost, and Baphomet. The only thing they were not allowed to talk about at that party was their religion because they were often passionately on opposing positions on that. They were allowed to be subtle about it by speaking about different area's social issues. I did plan to turn that into books but... like 99.999% of the people who start to or even plan to write books... it never went anywhere.
@lashonnakennybrew4847 Жыл бұрын
every time I watch your videos and you got to find some horrible Creepypasta way to scare people or give them some mythology about horrible things I love it I can't even get enough of your videos I love your videos to death
@marinablue9209 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Totally agree with your stance! A tradition for me and my family is we watch Terry Pratchett's Hogfather. It's a three hour movie about this other world, called the Discworld, where the grim reaper himself has to become the Hogfather(Santa) in order to keep people believing in him. That's a very brief overview and the ending definitely has a much more meaningful message. I definitely recommend it to any and everyone!
@ShellySellsSTL Жыл бұрын
Great story- Merry Christmas to all and to all a good New Year! Thanks Jon.
@endlesswonder__ Жыл бұрын
Happy holidays Mr. Solo! May the sun's light always grace you! 🎄
@briannalee1998 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for going through all this history and sharing. I love knowing where the concept of Santa Claus comes from. And Yes!!!!!! I completely agree that people can do whatever they want in their home and anyone can dress up as Santa no matter what their gender or skin tone is and they shouldn't put labels in front of it like "Black Santa," just say Santa. While he is traditionally portrayed as an old Caucasian man the concept of this character who goes around the world giving every Christmas is what matters. Christmas is about giving and spreading happiness. Your stance is very nuance and I completely agree with it!!!!!
@rhysconnel8755 6 ай бұрын
✨️🙋🏽♂️ hi Bri
@davidfitzpatrick6535 Жыл бұрын
Actually yes! My family had two unique traditons regarding Christmas. One is on Christmas eve after the Candlelight service (My dad was a pastor so we attended church on Christmas eve to celebrate the Christ in Christmas) we would eat Chinese food and our Santa story was a bit different. Like I said as Christians we believe the reason for the season is Christ's birth so for my mom Santa was an angel who was Jesus's helper and gave gifts to the nice children.
@viktoriahipszki1360 Жыл бұрын
When I and my younger brother were little, we didn't decorate the tree. Dad took us to mom's parents on Christmas Eve. We got our presents spent an hour or two there, then when we got home, _magic_ our own tree was there fully decorated. Then someone rang the door bell, so we rushed out. No one there, so back to the tree where the presents from our parents waited us. Later when mom's parents passed away and we got older, we helped dad decorate the tree while mom wrapped up the gifts secretly. 😄 🎄 I miss those times.
@HTFWSFWWE Жыл бұрын
My family always stressed the importance of personalized gifts over materialistic ones so when Christmas rolled around we always gave each other gifts that we made throughout the year for the sole purpose of presenting them on Christmas day. The quality of the gift wasn't so important so long as you can tell the amount of thought and effort that went into the gift. It didn't have to be something you made from scratch, you could easily take something like clothes and just put your own spin on it. For me it was a fun and wholesome way to express my creativity, and much cheaper than getting my brother an Xbox 360 when I was too young to even have a job.
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