Showing posts with label santa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label santa. Show all posts
Friday, January 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Santacon 2013
A few of my favorites from this year's Santa Drinkathon. More below the fold. Merry Happy etc!
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Twelve Santas of Christmas: #1) Accordion Santa
The familiar legend of the Twelve Santas of Christmas has many regional variations1, but the gist of it is the same all over: the god Santa Claus has 12 separate avatars that come on 12 separate days in December to bring presents or, for kids who have been bad, unspeakable torment. This tradition was ruthlessly suppressed by the medieval church because it conflicted with their belief in three and only three gods2, but happily it has been revived here in San Francisco.
1The Finno-Basque tribesmen living in the Banat of Temesvar, for example, worshipped Bassoon Santa instead of Accordion Santa.
2Not counting the hundreds of minor deities who were each worshipped one day out of the year.
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