Jesus...Santa for Big Kids? Or More?

Just this morning an atheiest sent me a message on facebook, saying: Jesus: Santa Clause for adults.
Wrong.  Very very wrong.
Santa Clause comes from this one language I don't remember which one, Centre clouse (I'm sure this is misspelled.) which is that language for St. Nicholas.
St. Nicholas was a Catholic Priest, who had overheard people talking about how they couldn't get married because they didn't have a dowry.  Back then dowries were the thing!
I mean seriously, girls fathers needed to pay money for their daughter to get married.  In some cases it was the opposite, the guy paid the father to marry the daughter, and that's the way I think it should have been.
I understand the dad paying the dude, because then it's to help get his daughter's married life off to a good start, but when the guy pays the dad, it shows that he cares enough about the woman to actually give up something.
So, Nicky dear slipped money down their chimney, where it landed in some socks they had hung there to dry.  No driers back then if you were wondering.
Finally, he was caught.  And he was wearing the red priest's garb.
Hence: St. Nicholas turned into Santa, the jolly red garbed gift giver.
However, even Santa goes back to Jesus, because St. Nicholas was moved by God to do that...
So there's absolutely no way you can have Christmas without Jesus!
People may say that Santa is completely devoid from Jesus, but he's not.
BUT!  Should Santa be made the focus?
No way!
Jesus is still the most important part.
He was born in a manger, and laid to rest, he had a star and angels herald his arrival, shepherds came to worship him, and wise men gave him gifts.
While Santa/St. Nicholas was an awesome man, who gave gifts...Jesus is even more amazing.
Not only was he given gifts, he was a gift.
I'm so happy about that.
~Katie :)