either 16 or 17 i think 17 now i lost track for a while because of time travel but anyway so i think santa was originally based on a real dude called saint nicholas but hes been dead forever and whatever he did the idea of santa claus has evolved past it into its own cultural thing about a guy who does impossible shit like a story character more or less so like first thing you need to know is that theres this holiday called christmas and on christmas people celebrate with a pine tree thats been decorated and there are these presents underneath it santa claus is supposed to be the guy who brings the presents hes big and fat and wears a red coat and has a flying sleigh led by reindeer and theyve all got names but i cant remember them all one of them is rudolph who has this nose that glows and he guides the sleigh but thats kind of off topic back to santa he also lives up at the north pole where he has this workshop full of elves making toys year round so he can deliver them the night before christmas to all the kids whove been good meanwhile kids whove been bad just get a lump of coal but like i said thats all a fake story parents tell kids santa brings the presents and that they have to be good basically just to get them to behave and theyre the ones who buy the presents and stick them under the tree after the kids have gone to sleep on christmas eve eventually they get told santa is fake or figure it out themselves or spot a parent moving around at night or whatever meanwhile uncle sam is this character with like a striped top hat and old timey blue suit and a white beard he was created as a piece of propaganda to try to get people to join the army hes not anybodys actual uncle because hes fake and he cant make you join or fight or do anything if youve got extra questions i can try to clarify
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Date: 2017-05-18 03:08 pm (UTC)i think 17 now
i lost track for a while because of time travel
but anyway so
i think santa was originally based on a real dude called saint nicholas
but hes been dead forever and whatever he did the idea of santa claus has evolved past it into its own cultural thing about a guy who does impossible shit
like a story character more or less
so like
first thing you need to know is that theres this holiday called christmas
and on christmas people celebrate with a pine tree thats been decorated and there are these presents underneath it
santa claus is supposed to be the guy who brings the presents
hes big and fat and wears a red coat and has a flying sleigh led by reindeer
and theyve all got names but i cant remember them all
one of them is rudolph who has this nose that glows and he guides the sleigh but thats kind of off topic
back to santa
he also lives up at the north pole where he has this workshop full of elves making toys year round so he can deliver them the night before christmas to all the kids whove been good
meanwhile kids whove been bad just get a lump of coal
but like i said thats all a fake story
parents tell kids santa brings the presents and that they have to be good basically just to get them to behave
and theyre the ones who buy the presents and stick them under the tree after the kids have gone to sleep on christmas eve
eventually they get told santa is fake or figure it out themselves or spot a parent moving around at night or whatever
meanwhile uncle sam is this character with like a striped top hat and old timey blue suit and a white beard
he was created as a piece of propaganda to try to get people to join the army
hes not anybodys actual uncle because hes fake and he cant make you join or fight or do anything
if youve got extra questions i can try to clarify