That was sort of my point, but I realize I didn’t actually make it.
Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas have the same origin, but the characters diverged as Saint Nicholas spread west through romance languages and the Catholic and Orthodox churches, and Sinterklas went north through Germanic and Dutch traditions, swallowing up the Christkind tradition that gave him the Kris Kringle nickname. By the time he got to America Advertisers, all of the**** Flemish, German, Irish, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek, and British traditions melded into a single cartoon character that has been the standard ever since.
That was sort of my point, but I realize I didn’t actually make it.
Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas have the same origin, but the characters diverged as Saint Nicholas spread west through romance languages and the Catholic and Orthodox churches, and Sinterklas went north through Germanic and Dutch traditions, swallowing up the Christkind tradition that gave him the Kris Kringle nickname. By the time he got to America Advertisers, all of the**** Flemish, German, Irish, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek, and British traditions melded into a single cartoon character that has been the standard ever since.