Memo to Megyn Kelly: Santa Claus is Jewish...

[PCIntern]

I mean, who the heck else is going to work that late on Christmas Eve??

[MADem]

1. Actually, he's TURKISH....

Which makes him one of them thar "swarthy" fellers....!

for the irony impaired....

But really, the dude is Turkish...

Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hagios Nikólaos, Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus, Bulgarian: Св. Николай ; (15 March 270 – 6 December 343),[3][4] also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek[5] Bishop of Myra (Demre, part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of elisions and corruptions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos". His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints.[6] In 1087, part of the relics (about half of the bones) were furtively translated to Bari, in Apulia, Italy; for this reason, he is also known as Nikolaos of Bari. The remaining bones were taken to Venice in 1100. His feast day is the 6th of December.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

[PCIntern]

3. Please don't tell my Armenian friend that "fact"...

he'll flip out on me.

I used to have this lovely hygienist who was Turkish...brilliant, a great staff member and incidentally gorgeous. He was so pissed at me because I scheduled him with her...I was speechless.

[MADem]

5. Quite WELL I know that acrimony...it makes Red Sox-Yankees look like a love match.

The Turkish government doesn't help their case by denying any bad behavior with vigor; it's to the point where it's a bit embarrassing. I don't think they've ratcheted back their insistence that they are "misunderstood" and are being unfairly accused.

[JVS]

4. The Turks were still in central Asia at that time and had not yet migrated to Asia Minor.

[MADem]

7. He's Turkish by location--same as I am American by location!

The guy was probably of Greek extraction, but he lived in a town in what is now Turkey, so they get to claim him.

[Gothmog]

2. That is great

I probably saw Santa on Christmas day eating Chinese Food or at the movie

[packman]

6. Well, at least she DIDN'T say-

Santa Claus and Jesus were/are Republicons. Makes you wonder, here's two socialist figures, one from fantasyland and the other from make-believe land who hand out gifts and just wants everyone to love each other and Megyn speculates on their skin color. If there is largess to be given and redemption to be earned, it is a white person who will do so not a black man in a white house . Typical conservative mind-set.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. He must have stolen some of that magical miracle oil from the temple

Silly kids believe it is blitzen.

Enjoy another potato latke!