Press Release - Priest Changes His Name to Santa Claus

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Priest Legally Changes His Name to Santa Claus and Publishes His “Naughty and Nice Top Ten” Lists

Santa Claus lives at Lake Tahoe and has the requisite twinkle in his eyes, spirit of giving, naturally white beard, belly, glasses, and red suspenders.

This is NOT me. My hair is full and black

Incline Village, Nevada (PRWEB) June 21, 2005 -- A United Catholic Church priest and monk in the Order of Anam Cara has legally changed his name to Santa Claus. He lives at Lake Tahoe and has the requisite twinkle in his eyes, spirit of giving, naturally white beard, belly, glasses, red suspenders, and now the official name: Santa Claus.

Even the U.S. Transportation Security Administration is satisfied that this Santa Claus is who he says he is. His passport and driver’s license and social security and Screen Actors Guild cards are issued to Santa Claus.

Unlike Santa’s helpers, this genuine Santa publishes his “Naughty and Nice Top Ten” lists on his website, updated weekly and geared to parents.

Currently, Santa is addressing the issue of obesity in America and setting a good example for children by losing a little weight, eating healthier foods than before, and exercising moderately. Santa notes that St. Nicholas, upon whom many believe the spirit of Santa Claus is based, was a thin fellow.

“The Santa Diet,” a complete diet for physical, emotional, and spiritual health, is slated for publication late this summer. Santa’s new advice column, Santa Says, will be available this fall.

Santa reminds us that, for many centuries, people have celebrated the Feast of St. Nicholas on December 6th and Christmas on December 25th. When the Dutch settled New York, they managed to combine both celebrations.

Being a priest and a monk, just as St. Nicholas was, Santa emphasizes that Christmas is and should be a celebration of Christ’s birth and that he is not responsible for the celebration’s commercialization.

For additional information and to view Santa’s “naughty and nice” lists, visit www.SantasLink.net.

Contact:

Santa Claus
775-833-5908
www.SantasLink.net

 

[Aqualung]

This is NOT me. My hair is full and black

Sure it isn't. (right here I would be making one of those smily faces where the guy winks, but I don't know how to make one of those, and it isn't one of the faces in the tool bar.) That's pretty wierd, though. Carzy catholics...

 

[kreeden]

Well , it ain't me . I'm not Catholic .

 

[michel]

Sure it isn't. (right here I would be making one of those smily faces where the guy winks, but I don't know how to make one of those, and it isn't one of the faces in the tool bar.) That's pretty wierd, though. Carzy catholics...

Not on the toolbar, no, but if you look to the right of your message pad, there is. ----->

You just click on the little guy, and he pops up where your cursor is.

Oh, and on the subject of Santa;

(First Published Dec 1960 Bible Standard)
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Beginning long beforehand and increasingly until Dec.25th each year in Christendom, the benign, smiling face of a genial, jovial personage greets people in stores, shops, offices, public schools, Sunday schools; churches, homes, etc., appearing in Christmas decorations, cards, stationery, gift wrappings, festivities, etc. This personage is Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, etc. He is set forth as the god of Christmas and good cheer, the great friend and benefactor of every good child. He has become so endeared to the hearts of multitudes of both young and old that each year at this season they join in ardently singing his praises.
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Here in brief is the legend that is very vividly related, sung and pictured to the children: “Far up in the polar regions, amid the ice and snow, lives Santa Claus in a great house of many rooms crammed with things that will delight the hearts of children. He and his assistants are very busy during most of the year in his workshop, making nice toys for good little children all over the world. He sees, hears and knows all that the children do and say. He keeps a ‘Book of Remembrance,’ in which he records all their words and actions. As one popular song puts it, ‘He sees you when you’re sleeping, and he knows you when you’re awake.’
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“On Christmas eve Santa Claus comes down secretly from the sky in a sleigh, carrying a huge bag filled with many delightful gifts. His sleigh is drawn by swift reindeer that ‘fly upon the wings of the wind’ and ‘ride upon the clouds.’ Only those who wait and watch can ever see him. When he comes he brings gifts as rewards to all, good little children, so you must be good and obey your parents if you want Santa Claus to bring you something real nice.”
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Do you say this is merely a charming and harmless legend, an innocent fantasy, having a certain value in teaching small children to be obedient (at least for part of the year!)? Let us see: How do the children react to such a legend? Usually as follows: “Santa Claus is our friend, who has all the things we want, and he will give them to us if we are good.” Is it any wonder that they open their hearts to Santa Claus, strive to please him, talk about him, dream about him and wait and watch for him with longing hearts?
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THE PLACE USURPED BY SANTA CLAUS
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Whose place has Santa Claus thus taken in children’s minds and hearts, as year by year the harmless (?) legend has been repeated to them? Santa Claus, the smiling, generous, fictitious giver of good gifts and rewarder of good children, has thereby been allowed to usurp more or less in their minds and hearts the place that belongs to and that should be occupied by the Heavenly Father, the true, generous Giver of “every good gift and every perfect gift” (James 1:17), the “rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Heb. 11:6)! And, furthermore, the story of Santa’s bestowing of gifts has been allowed to steal more or less in their minds and hearts the place that should be occupied by “the sweetest story ever told,” the story of God’s giving His only begotten Son to come to earth to redeem mankind.
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Santa Claus has really been allowed to usurp a place that belongs to God and Jesus! God said (Ex. 20:3), “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”; and Jesus said (Matt. 19:14; Mark 10:14), “Suffer the little children to come unto me.” But through the Santa Claus legend another god has been put before Jehovah, and Jesus’ position has been minimized. Homes have been opened, though often unwittingly, to a thief wearing a red suit, and little or no resistance has been offered while this idol has stolen the hearts of children.
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Stripped thus of his disguise, we see that the harmless (?), jovial, generous, fun-provoking Santa Claus is really one of the masterpieces of Satan’s subtle workmanship. Satan is the real author of the harmless (?) charming Santa Claus legend—in fact, if we change the order of the letters in the name Santa, they spell Satan! In many ways Satan has deceived fallen mankind into changing “the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,” and “the truth of God into a lie,” and has caused them to worship and serve “the creature [Greek, the created thing] more than the Creator” (Rom. 1:23, 25). The Santa Claus legend is but one of these deceptions. By it he has turned thehearts and minds of little ones to a false god for them to worship, with false hopes, fictions andfabrications for their vivid imaginations to feed upon.​

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Source:- http://www.biblestandard.co.uk/magazinehome/santa.htm​

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Each one to his own!​

 

[Aqualung]

Not on the toolbar, no, but if you look to the right of your message pad, there is. ----->

He is so not to the right of the message pad. The only smilies there are is a smily face, an angel, a guy talking, a huge grin, bugeye, and some guy with smoke coming out of his butt. But I'm going to try making one ...

 

[Scuba Pete]

Just in the Nick of time I see. This was an elf-serving decision on his part. Yule notice that not many people seem to carol about this situation. Noel wonder!

 

[Neo-Logic]

Perfect ...

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15973

 

[michel]

He is so not to the right of the message pad. The only smilies there are is a smily face, an angel, a guy talking, a huge grin, bugeye, and some guy with smoke coming out of his butt. But I'm going to try making one ...

That's not smoke! - he is merely folically challenged!

 

[michel]

Just in the Nick of time I see. This was an elf-serving decision on his part. Yule notice that not many people seem to carol about this situation. Noel wonder!

I hope yule forgive me if I accuse you of sleigh of hand; you give off so much hot air that we need to advent to this forum. I hope you won't think this rudolph me......:162:

 

[Scuba Pete]

No Claus for alarm, Michel. It's snow wonder you wreathe with excitement over this. It would be-hoof you to reindeer in your emotions and bough out of this thead.

 

[michel]

No Claus for alarm, Michel. It's snow wonder you wreathe with excitement over this. It would be-hoof you to reindeer in your emotions and bough out of this thead.

*Holds hands up* I give in!!!

 

[Aqualung]

You guys are rediculous . . . now, how do you make one of those laughing heads? A big grin just isn't enough right now.

 

[Scuba Pete]

You are a wise man, Michel... I was about to launch the missletoe. Frankencensly, it would have been myrhdur. It was the center of my Christmas Star Wars defense.