The original Santa Claus was St. Nicholas ... the Protestants said that Christmas celebrations, which included pagan traditions of exchanging gifts and raucous merrymaking, exhibited “an ...

But it seems that the pagan influence on some Christmas traditions ... It's been suggested that the seasonal character of "Santa Claus" or "Father Christmas" was influenced by the Norse god ...

of religiosity and paganism, and Levi-Strauss returns to the news underlining how the Dijon clergy, wanting to destroy Santa Claus, "did nothing other than restore to its entirety, after an ...

They decided to substitute Santa Claus with Father Frost. It is also curious here: the latter has pagan roots. For this reason, the Russian Orthodox Church has always been sceptical about Father Frost ...