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Is Santa an elf?
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He must be.
It's funny, because I think I was in the middle of reading some Lovecraft at the time I came across this. I don't know why I didn't make the connection then.
No. I and many others enjoyed the movie and thought it was hilarious.
Anyway, if you guys saw Tim Allen's movie, The Santa Clause, you would know that a new person becomes Santa every so often. So, at the time the poem was written, the current Santa could have indeed been an elf. At some other point in time, he could be a plain old human.
According to the University College Cork Philosophical Society in Ireland, the South Pole Santa is a criminal case that you can help solve. (It's a flash game. Good luck!)
It's obvious that Santa can modify his size, at will, the better to fit down/up/in chimneys/dryer vents/whatever.
He appears big at the Mall, the better to present himself as an adult to children, for adults should be their best examples.
He appears big at the Mall, the better to present himself as an adult to children, for adults should be their best examples.
Elves are not small.
They are tall and slender, pointy-eared cute people, like you saw in the LotR series.
Santa is neither slender or cute, nor was he in LotR. Therefore ...
They are tall and slender, pointy-eared cute people, like you saw in the LotR series.
Santa is neither slender or cute, nor was he in LotR. Therefore ...
Who was the thin bloke with the beard, then? He looked a bit Father Christmassy...Santa is neither slender or cute, nor was he in LotR. Therefore ...
Santa an elf?
At first I thought . . . no . . . that's just crazy. But it does explain how he came down the chimney with a bound. Yet he was chubby and plump. So he must have been SMALL, chubby and plump. His droll little mouth. And the miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. It all adds up. He is small.
At first I thought . . . no . . . that's just crazy. But it does explain how he came down the chimney with a bound. Yet he was chubby and plump. So he must have been SMALL, chubby and plump. His droll little mouth. And the miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. It all adds up. He is small.
Apparently "elf" is of germanic origin, related to "Alp" meaning "Nightmare," which makes sense.
Santa is an elf. As in Head Elf. He bred a workforce of small, jolly workers to do his bidding. This also gives him the title of Elf God. Now, our God may not be human, yet He created man in a likeness of his image. But an Elf God surely must be an elf, because he not only crafted elves, he lives among them.
And the movie "Elf" was funny.
And the movie "Elf" was funny.
if we agree that santa is an elf, i think every person chosen to be santa (if we take 'the santa clause' as 100% true) had eleven blood in him, so that he could become santa.
Santaclaus as you now know it is just an invention of the Coca Cola company. In The Netherlands (and other countries) we celebrate 'Sinterklaas' (on the 5th of december) or 'Sint Nicolaas' (Saint Nicolas) who still wears a bishop's robe. 'Saint Nicolas' was the Bishop of Myra in Turkey during the Byzantine era. I'm pretty sure Santa Claus originates from Sinterklaas, and there really are no elfs here....
It's a shame more and more people tend to celebrate Santa Claus here instead of Sinterklaas. I see 'Santa Claus' as a commercial invention while Sinterklaas is the original cultural festivity.
It's a shame more and more people tend to celebrate Santa Claus here instead of Sinterklaas. I see 'Santa Claus' as a commercial invention while Sinterklaas is the original cultural festivity.