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	is Santa Turkish?

Dasdemir

12-26-2006 11:10 PM

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santa, turkish, religion, christmas, turkey, demre, patara

Dasdemir says:

I believe so ! He was born in Turkey.

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12-27-2006 9:17 AM

jax twinblade

now, THAT'S a true bed time story.
kids will be a bit surprised!

12-27-2006 11:16 AM

invictus

Anatolia or Asia Minor is one thing, Turkey and being "Turkish" is another. 2000 years ago there wasn't any Turk in Asia Minor.

Second, Santa myth is clearly borrowed from much older pagan traditions and rituals including Nordic, Celtic and Persian cultures. Winter solstice (present "Christmas") was Mithra's birthday (or "Sol Invictus' birthday - where my nick comes from

)

So there had never been a "human being" called Santa and it doesn't make any sense to discuss whether he was Turkish, Jew, Greek or Roman.

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