I am old Kris Kringle...

I'm the king of jing-a-ling!

Well now I pretty much feel inclined to post something about the history of Santa Claus, since I've always been interested in where the idea came from. On Wikipedia there is a lot of info on him; inspiration for the idea of Santa dates back to the 4th century. What I found interesting and funny was that German origins were fashioned after the German god Odin, who had a beard, hat, and spear (nowadays a staff); and his servants carried cloth bags around to capture naughty children! Think that's where the idea of naughty or nice came from?

Anyway, needless to say I am already excited about Christmas even though it's two months away. Even though it's become so commercialized I still get excited about the holiday season because I know the real reason we celebrate is not Santa Claus! Even though he has a cool red hat.