The origins of Santa Claus
The origins of Santa Claus are varied and hard to pin down. One of the first origins of Santa Claus began in Turkey. Saint Nicholas of Turkey was known for his generosity of giving gifts and money to poor people. Saint Nicholas became the patron saint of the seamen, children, prostitutes, and lawyers. There are many other origins of Santa Claus in Christianity especially in Greece.
German folklore
German folklore contained stories concerning the god named Odin who had a hunting party around Christmas time with his fellow gods and some fallen warriors that lived in his realm. Children placed carrots and raw sugar in their shoes for Odin’s flying horse to eat. Odin would reward the children by leaving them gifts and candy in place of his flying horde’s food was. In Germany, there was a Furry Nicholas who visited nasty children while they were sleeping. This name came from the fact that the person looked like a huge monster because he was covered in head to toe fur.
Santa Claus in the modern world
Some of the ideas of Santa Claus in the modern world began with him wearing red clothing like the bishops of the Catholic Church. In the modern era, Santa Claus was used in writing a variety of poems and stories that involved Christmas.
American origins
The modern images and ideas seemed to become part of the basic cannon of literature after the publication of The Night before Christmas. He became a heavy set person who had eight or ten reindeer and whose belly shook like a bowl full of jam. Santa Claus became so well known and iconic that Coca-cola had special bottles with his picture on them. Santa Claus is sometimes portrayed as making toys from hand in his toyshop with the help of his elves.