Friday, August 31, 2018

Santa's Legend is Based on Mushrooms!

In case you ever wondered how the legend of Santa Claus is specific beyond the stories of Krampus or St, Nicholas Day, there is the possibility of another explanation.

In short, in Lapland there were shamans-who would eat mushrooms.  The mushrooms were red with white spots; the shaman/shamen grew to look like them if they ate enough. They visited people, bringing gifts-like any good visitor. And bc of the snows, they often had to enter through the CHIMNEY.

His story is here: http://lawrencemillman.com/santa-claus-is-a-mushroom/, a blog apparently written by the author himself.

And to underline his points, it also has appeared in the pages of the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opinion/santa-christmas-mushrooms.html (a familiar sounding article, but with more weight!)