Have you ever looked up the name Saint Nicholas in the encyclopedia? It is very important to know how and where this fairy tale first started. In the dictionary the word "Santa" is a nickname that the kids name a man by the name Saint Nicholas. Most of you already knew that.The encyclopedia Britannica gives more detailed information. There is a list of 12 men with the last name of Nicolas. Five of these men were Popes Of Rome. One man was declared an antipope. Three of these men were magicians deep into the occult. One man was a Russian Grand Duke and commander in chief of the Russian army. ALL OF THESE MEN HAVE TRUE HORROR STORIES OF STRONGLY PERSECUTING THE CHRISTIANS THAT BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.

But Nicholas of Lyre (1265-1349 A.D) was the one that was chosen to be Santa. He was a Professor, a sailor who gave gifts to the poor, an occult magician, author, and a Catholic Bishop. Mostly known for his magical power of the occult of killing people and claims to bring people back to life, among other horror stories. He is also known for persecuting and putting to death Christians that refuse to submit to the Catholic Church doctrine. He hated the true Christians that believed in Jesus Christ.

Mistletoe- Mistletoe was sacred to the Druids, and was worshipped by them. They also used it to cast spells, the principal belief being that if they held it over a woman's head she was powerless to resist, and they could then have their way with her sexually. From this comes our custom of hanging it over doorways, and the tradition that if a girl is caught under the sprig of mistletoe she may be kissed and may not resist.

The Yule Log- The Yule Log tradition comes to us from Scandinavia, where the pagan sex and fertility god Jul, or Jule (pronounced "Yule"), was honored in a twelve-day celebration in December. A large, single log (generally considered to have been a phallic idol) was kept with a fire against it for twelve days, a different sacrifice to Jul being offered in the fire on each of the twelve days.

Yuletide, or the Twelve Days of Christmas-The period of twelve days, now counted as the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), was originally the period in which twelve daily sacrifices were offered to the Yule Log, honoring the fertility god Jule (Yule). When we send "Yuletide Greetings", this is what it means; we are sending greetings in the name of this Scandinavian fertility god and his festival.

Elves-An elf is considered a tree demon. A spirit who lives in the trees of evergreens and a few select others. Druids and common Celtic folk have worshipped evergreens and their spirits that live in them. They go by different names depending on the culture such as: Dryads, pixies, genii, jinn, huldefolk, dwarfs, pixies, trolls, etc.

Christmas Evergreen Trees-There has been much debate over whether or not the Christmas Trees were wrong to have in our mist at Christmas time. After many long hours many Pastors and Theologians have come to the conclusion that the verse in Jeremiah Chapter 10 was not the Christmas tree. In the past history study of the ways of the pagan rites of trees they carved a graven image in the middle of the tree after the pagan god, and removed the tree branches. This turned out NOT TO BE THE SAME EVERGREEN TREES associated with Christmas. However if you pray about this asking the Holy Spirit to give you wisdom and His Truths, you will discover the Ten Commandments say not to make any graven images of any items in heaven. Exodus Chapter 20:4. Angels in graven forms are graven images. Santa's and reindeer are also graven images. Some Christians remove all graven images and just put up plain bulbs and white and red bows.

Now that you know the history facts, does the fairytale still sound cute to you anymore? Is it fair to our Children that we teach them lies to cover up the real truth about an evil man name Saint Nicholas? Jesus only wants us to keep Him in the mist of this Holiday Season. After all Jesus is the reason for the Season. Look for Him in your Christmas celebration and remember that without Him there would be no Christmas. Have a great holiday!!!