Why do northern francophones always get forgotten in these histories :(
There’s at least 5 million of us in Belgium and (typically northern) France who celebrate Saint-Nicolas every year on the 6th.
Also I will clarify because sometimes this gets lost in the explanation, but round these parts Saint Nicholas and Santa are both celebrated as two distinct entities, on the 6th and 24th/25th respectively.
That was sort of my point, but I realize I didn’t actually make it.
Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas have the same origin, but the characters diverged as Saint Nicholas spread west through romance languages and the Catholic and Orthodox churches, and Sinterklas went north through Germanic and Dutch traditions, swallowing up the Christkind tradition that gave him the Kris Kringle nickname. By the time he got to America Advertisers, all of the**** Flemish, German, Irish, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek, and British traditions melded into a single cartoon character that has been the standard ever since.
Why do northern francophones always get forgotten in these histories :(
There’s at least 5 million of us in Belgium and (typically northern) France who celebrate Saint-Nicolas every year on the 6th.
Also I will clarify because sometimes this gets lost in the explanation, but round these parts Saint Nicholas and Santa are both celebrated as two distinct entities, on the 6th and 24th/25th respectively.
That was sort of my point, but I realize I didn’t actually make it.
Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas have the same origin, but the characters diverged as Saint Nicholas spread west through romance languages and the Catholic and Orthodox churches, and Sinterklas went north through Germanic and Dutch traditions, swallowing up the Christkind tradition that gave him the Kris Kringle nickname. By the time he got to America Advertisers, all of the**** Flemish, German, Irish, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek, and British traditions melded into a single cartoon character that has been the standard ever since.