#1 Santa’s “Ho ho ho” greeting hearkens back to the “Io!” greeting at the pagan Saturnalia festival! 2) Putting kids on Santa’s lap is connected to the practice of placing children in the arms of an idol to Molech! 3) Santa putting gifts in children’s stockings is based on the pagan goddess Pasqua Epiphania! 4) The way Santa is depicted is based on the Norse god Odin, who had a long white beard and dressed in red! 5) The historian Jeffery Russell says: “The connections between the Devil and Santa Claus (Sinter Class, Saint Nicholas) are pronounced.” Russell says that like Santa, Satan is depicted as carrying a large sack, is bribed with food, etc.
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