Hey guys, I'm Chastity and you're listening to the ancient conspiracies podcast, where we connect the origins of some of the most popular conspiracy theories to biblical history.

Well, welcome back to the podcast. Today I have a very special episode for you. But before we get started, I just want to preface today's episode by making it abundantly

clear that the information I'm sharing today is not about condemnation. But I'm going to warn you,

it will likely bring conviction. It did for me anyway as I was compiling all of this information.

But I hope you keep in mind that I'm simply presenting the history of this holiday with zero intention of throwing stones. Today, I'm simply sharing the information and you can do with it what you want. So with that, we're going to plunge head first into Christmas because there's so much to unpack, starting with Santa Claus.

Now, most people believe that the origins of Santa Claus can be traced back to a third-century monk

named St. Nicholas. He was supposedly born into a wealthy family, and he was known for his

kindness and giving away all of his inheritance to the poor

and the sick. Dutch immigrants eventually brought his story to America. In Dutch, St. Nicholas was pronounced

center nicholas, which was eventually reduced to center clause and ultimately became Santa Claus. So although

this is where the name originated, the traditions of Christmas go back way

further than just the third century. In fact, they go all the way back to the Norse

God Odin, who I briefly connected last week to the biblical Nimrod.

And as we've discussed numerous times throughout this podcast, after the languages were confused at

the Tower of Babel and the people are dispersed, Nimrod becomes known under different names

in the different civilizations and languages.

But his story remained the same.

In every civilization, he was known as the sun god.

And at some point, he dies or is killed.

There are varying accounts throughout the different cultures as to the cause of his death.

However, in every account, his wife later gives birth to a son, who's believed to be his reincarnation.

In Babylon, it was Nimrod and Tammuz. In Egypt, it was Osiris and Horus.

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