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redgreenandblue

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17. lol...

Reply to Myrina (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 05:46 PM

Dec 2013

I guess it is possible to associate pretty much any myth with hallucinogenics

Oh, and it is no surprise that Sinter looks like a pope, since he was a bishop

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Been doing some reading on Santa Claus. It is actually an extremely interesting topic. [View all] redgreenandblue Dec 2013 OP

Interesting, thank you, now antiquie Dec 2013 #1

I have no idea. lol. redgreenandblue Dec 2013 #2

And now the anecdote of three-men-in-a-tub with Sinter Claes... antiquie Dec 2013 #4

He was one hell of a miracle worker then. redgreenandblue Dec 2013 #6

Jesus Claes? antiquie Dec 2013 #7

Odin looks like my bass player. panader0 Dec 2013 #3

Well.. awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #11

Hmm... ananda Dec 2013 #5

What a neat post! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #8

You're very welcome! redgreenandblue Dec 2013 #9

Coca Cola didn't popularize Santa wearing red. intheflow Dec 2013 #10

Odin rides an eight legged horse in fact Matariki Dec 2013 #12

Pretty cool etherealtruth Dec 2013 #13

I was going to add something about the Mexico of my youth nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #14

Don't forget the 'shrooms ... Myrina Dec 2013 #15

lol... redgreenandblue Dec 2013 #17

Since Odin comes from Norse mythology (if I recall correctly) justiceischeap Dec 2013 #16

The American Santa seems oddly out of place in Christianity if one thinks about it. redgreenandblue Dec 2013 #18

Kicking, since Christmas season is once again here. redgreenandblue Dec 2015 #19