I just read ONE MORE STORY with the same misspelling. No, it's not a typo, the authors are confused.
I just did a google search for
"santa clause" site:bigclosetr.us
and got 86 hits. This is bad.
The fat jolly man's name is "Santa Claus" (well, it's actually Kris Kringle, but you know what I mean).
"The Santa Clause" (with the trailing "e") is a JOKE, a PUN on "clause" as in a legal contract, and "Santa Claus". This obviously common misconception stems from the name of a 1994 movie featuring Tim Allen: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111070 and a 2002 sequel http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304669
So if you are writing about Mr. Kringle or any related females, please get the name right. Unless there's a legal contract involved. I wouldn't put this past some of you. No, it's not a challenge. Except, now, it probably is.
Sheesh. :-)
- Moni
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What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Sanity Clause?
Loved it! Thanks for posting the link.
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Ahem
He is Sint Niklaas in some areas...Nic Sant in others.....of claus, you might not believe me
I Tink eet is Der Cherman, mein fraulien!
I didn't look it up anywhere, but I think it could actually be Americanized German. "Santa" is fairly straight forward, but I think Claus, is phonetically, "Clous". Maybe?
Much peace
Khadijah
In reality
It was always St Nicholas, which is Klaus in German (short form). Saint Klaus. Sankt Klaus in German, Sinter Klaas in Dutch. As Welsh mostly has following adjectives, it is Claws Sant....lol
Mr. Presents
My kids just call him Mr. Presents. Yes I know the correct spelling as my mom (who is Czech) would call him with the Klaus when she wrote the name on the tag LOL
Oh do we hear rants on this?
Exactly!
I understand the original line here.....but every language, every culture, writes it differently. We all know who we mean.
sinter klaas
The Dutch version, Sinter Klaas, always struck me as kind of creepy. He's really not a very nice fellow at all.
not as think as i smart i am
Santa Claws?
[email protected] Are those served with drawn butter and lemon? Or is that just a coastal thing?(smirk, runs and hides)
Always Bailey's Cuter Half,
Jonelle-Elise
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It Was Intentional!
Geeze! It is called 'The Mrs. Clause' for a reason and yes I DO Know the correct spelling of Claus as it pertains to Santa. I guess the Literal Genie has branched out? It is supposed to be a fun story. I guess everyone is a critic!
Nah
We all know it was a joke in yours. Almost as painful a pun as 'there ain't no sanity clause'
Mind you, I will not forgive you for the Bonding pun of Holly Berry....
Nobody likes a critic
They're constantly rubbing their legs together making that noise. Usually in the middle of the night just as I'm about to goto sleep.
Although in some cultures they're supposed to be good luck.
:P~~
Hugs,
Connie
As far as I know...
...Santa Claus has his origins in the legends of Saint Nicholas, who is written or shortened in a number of ways depending on your language (Klaas, Claus, Nicklaus, Nicolau etc.). "Kris Kringle" is a corruption of "Christkind" (literally, "little Christ" or, more loosely, "Baby Jesus"), an alternate Christmas gift-giver created to replace St. Nick in Protestant lands, but who ended up conflated back with Nicholas' rather secularized version, and now it seems the name is his last remaining trace. You might say, therefore, that "Kris Kringle" is not a traditional name, but a somewhat recent invention.
Many cultures call the guy by his nickname, "Father Christmas" or local language variations thereof.
Also, some cultures (Spanish-speaking ones, mostly) have a different tradition of the gifts being brought by the Three Wise Men in their holiday (January 6th).
Krs Kringle
Yes, comes from the Germanic diminutive , so Christ Kindl, little Christ child, the name used for the German Christmas markets.
Funny ...
... I always thought it was mi Dad. He had a moustache but no beard, I'm afraid and the gifts were usually in a pillow case.
And who's this Kris Kringle? Never heard of him except in US films. He's either a US invention or he immigrated there from some outlandish country other than the UK (well, actually England as I've no idea what those Taffs, Jocks or Micks do)
Nowadays I put my head under the blankets about 20th December and stay there until January 2 and hope everything's calmed down. My middle name? Scrooge of course - Bah Humbug!
Robi
It's just a cupertino...
,no? (at least where it isn't intentional). And it's a word most have learned verbally rather than visually, so they don't argue with their spell checker. The pronunciation doesn't change for me, does it for you? (It would have for one of my aunts, married to one of my father's brothers, but she was from central Texas, and therefore had a German accent, of course.)
A few nights ago I received an email from someone who liked a story I posted on FM. It took some effort to send it because, though I have on some stories there, I hadn't included my address on that one (I don't know why she didn't just comment. Really, sometimes I think some don't want to associate with me publicly. IDKY). However, after spending much too little time telling me how nice the story was, she spent a lot, a lot of keystrokes objecting to the sentence: "He lay down right behind me and...", and telling me that geese can't lay down. (Yeah, she actually used that.) Well the phrase referred to a cat, not a goose (and followed the sentence, "Bagheera was stalking me along the back of the couch, purring as he came.") and though geese can't lay down, cats could - back then. Also, there were quite a few typos and cupertinos in that posting, and maybe even more comma errors (I keep changing my mind on them every time I look at it.)(I think they grow like a fungus on whatever I write.), but she chose that to pick on?? So at least the "clause" thing is correct. Way too many prescriptivist complaints just aren't.
No! Major pet peeve!
It is not Kris Kringle! That is a mangled german version of Christ Child, according to my german friend. No No No!
Wren
In reality...
...it's Odin of many names. The reason he flies through the air with reindeer is because Odin rode a miraculous horse named Sleipnir, with eight legs, and had a long white beard. The original figure was bowdlerised to fit the new faith, but most of the customs were far more ancient. The stockings originally held gifts of food for Sleipnir, and the Yule God, Jólnir (Yo ho ho!) would replace these childish gifts with fruit and other sweets. There's nothing truly new under the sun.
Cheers,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
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So in other words...
He's SATAN!!!
~~~fundamentalistly, Laika
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Christmas is Pagan ?
With my varied background, I have heard all sorts of theories about Christmas. Did you know that in Saudi Arabia, even though they do not believe that Christ was crucified, people just love putting up colored lights at Christmas time. LOL
When I had a family at home, we used to make sure that the Children knew what was behind Christmas, but then we went ahead and did our pagan tree and lights all over the place. LOL We even put up a Menorah candle set at the correct time too. We just wanted the kids to understand about other people too.
Much peace
Khadijah
Of course...
The whole modern story reeks of fabulation. Shepherds keep watch over their flocks at night in the springtime, to discourage predation when the lambs are born, not during the dead of winter. In antiquity, that phrase would have been as time-specific as saying "when the crocuses bloom." Sankta Lucia, Christmas, Halloween, all just happen to fall on or very near popular northern European Pagan holy days through design, not coincidence.
Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
I believe
That there was a Saturday Night Live Church Lady Skit about that very thing I mean if you rearrange some of the letter...
Bailey Summers
Actually...
There's a "Santa Clause" short story, as well... (Professionally published - science fiction)
The Author was Robert Young...
Then, there was another story "Sanity Clause" by Edward Wellan (In the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)...
Variations have abounded in literature for a LONG time... Sometimes with reason... And, yes, generally as a play on words.
Anne
Christmas Murder Mystery, "Santa Clues".
Sorry, I just couldn't resist. So, if anyone has time? I am too busy getting Katia out of Afghanistan.
:)
Khadijah