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Dec 22, 2003, 11:24pm

here is a very interesting site that explains everything about cristmas,
and both the religious and 'santa' parts of it.

http://www.didyouknow.cd/xmas/xmas.htm

It says that Jesus was actually born on arround March of 6BC

and that there are no reindeer at the North Pole. There are, however,
lots of reindeer in Lapland, Finland

and that Santa Claus lives on Korvatunturi Mountain, in the Savukoski
county of Lapland, Finland, on the Finnish-Russian border

Dec 22, 2003, 11:25pm

oops, i ment for the subject to say Story of Christmas

[View Quote] > here is a very interesting site that explains everything about cristmas,
> and both the religious and 'santa' parts of it.
>
> http://www.didyouknow.cd/xmas/xmas.htm
>
> It says that Jesus was actually born on arround March of 6BC
>
> and that there are no reindeer at the North Pole. There are, however,
> lots of reindeer in Lapland, Finland
>
> and that Santa Claus lives on Korvatunturi Mountain, in the Savukoski
> county of Lapland, Finland, on the Finnish-Russian border

Dec 22, 2003, 11:48pm

That page spreads the "modern Santa was invented by Coca Cola" myth,
which is shown to be false on snopes.com

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Dec 23, 2003, 2:19am

I think "Santa" lives in China, as all the labels say "Made in China" :P Yet
another useless post from Ep0ch

-Ep0ch

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Dec 23, 2003, 4:38am

LOL!!


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Dec 24, 2003, 8:28am

howstuffworks.com also did something like this but it mention other neat
little tid bits such as Rudolf's original name. He was first known as Rollo
the red nosed reindeer. But the executives of the publishing company that
published the book that made the reindeer "famous" didn't like that name and
changed it to Rudolf, the daughter of the author and yes it was actually a
girl's name back then O_o


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Dec 24, 2003, 11:48am

Yep. Yep. I believe Chicago businessman, Montgomery Ward, wrote the story of
Rudolph to bring business into his store.
And did you also know that Mickey Mouse's first name was to be Mortimer? But
Walt Disney's wife said "Mortimer" sounded too stuffy and hoity-toity.
Thank Goodness. HaHaHa

Tart Sugar

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