Daily journal November 16, 2001, Harry Potter magic movie released today, the devil is in control of people’s minds, therefore what future have we but death and destruction for this God blessed nation and the free world. It is very unpopular to suggest that the prophecy of the Bible is being fulfilled in terms of ending this day of grace, although there has been a great change since 9-11, with a long way to go to recognize God as our creator and Lord truly here. I continue with St. Nicholas, the Santa Claus myth and substitute for God as we find so much of today. “When the church created the persona of Saint Nicholas, they adopted Poseidon’s title, "The Sailor”. They seem to have picked up his last name from Nickar, various temples of Poseidon became shrines of St. Nicholas. Saint Nicholas also adopted some of the qualities of his grandmother, or Befana from Italy. She was said to have filled children's stockings with gifts, her shine at Bari was also converted into a shrine to St. Nicholas. The CatholicChurch created a fictional life history of Saint Nicholas. He was given the name Hagios Nikolaos a.k.a. St. Nichols of Myra, he was said to have died in either 345 or 352 CE. He was believed to be the Bishop of Myra of Lycia, now Turkey. He was alleged to have attended the 1^st. council of Nicea; however, his name does not appear on any listing of bishops attending. He was honored as patron saint of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Sicily, and Switzerland. He is also the patron saint of children and sailors. Many legends and miracles are attributed to him. Some are “When he was an infant his mother only nursed him on Wednesdays and Fridays, he fasted the remaining days. He halted a storm at sea to save three downing sailors. During his lifetime, he adored children and often threw gifts into windows anonymously of their houses. His father left him a fortune which he used to help poor children. From the10th century many traditional legends were written about St. Nicholas. 19^th century: St. Nicholas was superseded in much of Europe by Christkindein, the Christ child, who delivered gifts in secret to children. He had traveled with a dwarf like helper called Pelznickel. 1600’s, the puritans made it illegal to mentionSt. Nicholas’ name. People were not allowed to exchange gifts, light a candle are sang Christmas carols. The 17th century,the Dutch immigrants brought with them the legend of Sinter Klaas. 1773,Santa’s first appeared in the media as St. A Claus.. A merchantin 1841 a man in Philadelphia hireda man to dress up in a criscringle out fit and climbthe chimney of his store. 1863-Artist, Thomas Nast created images of Santa for the Christmas addition of the Harpers magazine.1860 President Abraham Lincoln ask Nast to create a drawing of Santa Claus with three union soldiers, this image of Santa supportingthe enemy had a demoralizing influence on all of the Confederate army. An early example of the psychological warfare. In 1897 FrancisChurch, Editor of the New York Sun wrote an editorial in response toa letter from an eight year old girl, Virginia O’Hanion, she had written to ask the paper if Santa was real, later a movie was made aboutthis incident. In1920 the image of Santa Claus had been standardized to portray a bearded, over weight, jolly man dressed in a red suit with white trim. 1931, Illustrator Haddon Sundblom for Coca-Cola Co., drew a series of Santa’s images in their Christmas advertisement until 1964. The company continue to use Santa in commercials. 1949-Johnney Marks wrote a song "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer". In 1997, artist Robert Cenedella drew apainting of a crucified Santa Claus,it was displayed in the window of the New York’s art Students League and received intense criticism from most religious groups.His drawing was a protest. He attempted to show howSanta Claus had replaced Jesus Christ as the most important personality at Christmas time. It’s another Mother Church substitute.