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“Santa” means “female saint” in Italian and Spanish. Perhaps the English “santa” came from another language but I always found the name “Santa Claus” just horri
by felix318 4y ago
“Santa” means “female saint” in Italian and Spanish. Perhaps the English “santa” came from another language but I always found the name “Santa Claus” just horrible.
- nohuck13 4y agoThe name Santa Claus evolved from Nick's Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nikolaas (Dutch for Saint Nicholas) https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/christmas/santa-claus#sinter-klaas-comes-to-new-york https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/christmas/santa-claus#si...
- Tijdreiziger 4y agoIt’s actually Sinterklaas (without a space) and we still call him that :) We also ended up re-importing the American Santa Claus, so these days we have two festive holidays in December.
- Archelaos 4y agoThe first mention of this version of Saint Nicholas's name has the form "St. A Claus" and appeared in the New-York Gazette of 20 Dec 1773.[1] The same issue also first reported some incident regarding tea in Boston harbour. Nice coincidence. [1] Source: https://boston1775.blogspot.com/2016/12/st-claus-was-celebrated-at-protestant.html https://boston1775.blogspot.com/2016/12/st-claus-was-celebra...
- plumeria 4y agoThe Tim Allen movie series in Spanish is titled "Santa Cláusula".