If you really want to scare a German with Santa Claus, tell them he’s Turkish.
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affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 day agoWe don’t seem to have that movement here (Germany), so I’m wondering is it really about Christ or is it only against other religions or Atheists? What I mean is: Santa Clause isn’t Christian, are they against it too?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 day ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s against secular Christmas, which is a major holiday in America. It’s the difference between nativities, hymns, and a certain Turkish bishop with a penchant for necromancy vs decorated trees, holiday themed pop music by Jewish singers, and a neo odinic figure with flying caribou.
Also yeah they’re mad atheists and other non Christians have a happy time at the holidays.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Hey now dont do my boy Saint Nicholas dirty like that, he was an Anatolian Greek. The Turks were still firmly in central Asia during his lifetime, though Anatolian Turks are a mix of the of the nomadic Turks and Anatolian greeks it’s one of those things where the distinction is notable. It’d be like calling Vercingetorix French, like it’s not technically wrong from a regionalist perspective and his people did help form the French but it’s still wrong on a lot of levels.
Also fun fact Saint Nicholas punch Arius in the face at the council of Nicea. Also his bones are now leaking and have been for awhile, though it’s probably two different things being merged into the same myth, they used to put certain oils into sarcophaguss back in his lifetime and it probably became a pilgrims tradition later on and his modern sarcophaguss in Italy probably works as a condenser for water.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 day ago
Thank you.