Christmas Deal
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“The Mediocre Superheroes” series by Andrew Nadeau, and Phil Thompson: https://www.boredpanda.com/mediocre-superheroes-comics-phil-thompson-andrew-nadeau-part-2/
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Wait. Are oranges as stocking stuffers based on something? I always thought my folks did it because oranges are healthy.
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Why is Krampus hot?
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What I always heard is that it's because oranges used to be seasonal: until the invention of reefers (refrigerated boxcars, not marijuana), they could only be shipped from Florida to the population centers up north without spoiling during the winter.
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He’s a bad boy and you’re down bad.
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I mean, is it a wool sock? I feel like that's relevant.
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Isn't the red christmass outfit something Coca Cola came up with? So only since the 20th century? I think I've read the outfit was mostly green before that.
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No, but it's a myth so common basically everyone believes it to be true.
The Santa we have today is an amalgamation of a few characters. The red outfit comes from Saint Nicolas. You can just look up "Saint Nicolas" and you'll find many fairly old depictions of a Christian bishop-like character in red garments carrying a bag of gifts.
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Interesting. I found it weird Santa looked so much like Saint Nicolas. Which we celebrate here.
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The Dutch brought Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) to New Amsterdam, current day NYC, which has developed into Santa Claus as we know it know. Santa Claus is a phonetic derivation of Sinterklaas.
Apparently he was depicted as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe and a green outfit in Washington Irving’s History of New York book, so maybe that’s where you got that idea from.
