The Origins of Santa - Mythillogical

Ho ho ho! In this festive special, we open up our sack of gifts to give you the story of Santa Claus, from the story of Saint Nicholas of Myra, through to Germanic traditions around Christmas, and how much these influenced the jolly old man delivering presents on Christmas Eve. Support the channel at: https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/ Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music: Carol of the Bells (Celtic Version) by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources: 'The Oxford Handbook of Christmas, edited' by Timothy Larsen 'Santa Claus: A Biography' by Gerry Bowler 'Christmas: A History' by Judith Flanders 'Santa Claus Worldwide' by Tom A. Jerman 'Medieval Children' by Nicholas Orme 'The stations of the sun: a history of the ritual year in Britain' by Ronald Hutton 'The Christmas encyclopedia' by William D. Crump 'Christmas in Germany: A Cultural History' by Joe Perry 'The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America’s most Cherished Holiday' by Stephen Nissenbaum 'St Nicholas: A Closer Look at Christmas' by Joe L Wheeler Symeon the Metaphrast’s The Life of Nicholas https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/real-st-nicholas-5783 The Saint Nicholas Centre website https://www.stnicholascenter.org/ Old Peter’s Russian Tales https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781389679049/page/n3/mode/2up 'The Legend of Ded Moroz' on the website Express to Russia https://www.expresstorussia.com/experience-russia/the-legend-of-ded-moroz.html 'How Joulupukki, the Finnish Santa, went from naughty to nice' by Kathl