# Why Jesus is better than Santa **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379 "2007-12-27T15:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/21 "2007-12-27T17:13:20Z")
Are we talking single combat? Because I think Santa could kick Jesus’ wimpy ass and win by a knock-out every time. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/22 "2007-12-27T17:16:19Z")
“My fictional character is better than _your_ fictional character”. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/23 "2007-12-27T18:28:34Z")
Nobody has ever started a war, invaded a country, blown up a clinic, or killed a group of people in the name of Santa. There are a lot of Spanish towns named for Santa, but a lot of Spanish speaking guys named for Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/24 "2007-12-27T18:42:10Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] \ Santa comes but once a year … \ Santa’s little helpers make toys … \ [/QUOTE] Look, I don’t want to be a pain here, but if Santa only comes once a year, where did he and Mrs. Claus get all the little helpers? (And if I were her, I’d be speaking to him _firmly_ about the situation!) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/25 "2007-12-27T18:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] Look, I don’t want to be a pain here, but if Santa only comes once a year, where did he and Mrs. Claus get all the little helpers? (And if I were her, I’d be speaking to him _firmly_ about the situation!) [/QUOTE] Especially since he comes down chimneys! (The filthy pervert.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/26 "2007-12-27T18:52:32Z")
Santa only wants you to worship him once a year, and even then it’s in the middle of the night. Jesus wants your presence early every Sunday. Santa is an all-or-nothing type guy–you either believe or you don’t. Jesus has hundreds of differnt types of believers, and mostly they fight with each other. Santa brings stuff to a lot of people who don’t believe in him. Jesus is only for the believers. Santa never gets lost. People are always being asked if they’ve found Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![velocitri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ec9cab/32.png) [@velocitri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velocitri)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/27 "2007-12-27T19:12:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Santa never gets lost. > People are always being asked if they’ve found Jesus. \<😃 bahahaha.. good one! ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/28 "2007-12-27T20:22:50Z")
When Santa says “I’ll be back,” he means it. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/29 "2007-12-27T21:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I’m not sure who left it. I will bring it up at the next staff meeting: If you want me to respect your religion, please respect my lack of it. [/QUOTE] I have this same sort of issue at work. Someone came up to me the other day and said “X told me you’re an athiest, how long has that been going on?” and then another person mentioned it, asked me to explain it. I didn’t know that my belief structure had anything to do with my work performance. :rolleyes: Thankfully, I’m a contractor and don’t report to anyone on site, so I just blew them off. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/30 "2007-12-27T21:03:24Z")
[QUOTE=Weaver of Nightmares] What’s that list doing on a pro-abstinence site? [/QUOTE] Jesus practiced celebacy (as far as we know). But there is a Mrs. Claus. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/31 "2007-12-27T21:13:23Z")
Santa plays with elves. Jesus plays with [dinosaurs.](http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/CHAO1972/jesusanddinosaur.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/32 "2007-12-27T21:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I have this same sort of issue at work. Someone came up to me the other day and said “X told me you’re an athiest, how long has that been going on?” [/QUOTE] Well, since birth. Them too, until they were taught about religion. Is there a religion out there for Santa believers? ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/33 "2007-12-27T21:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] I’ve heard that with Santa, if you leave him cookies and beer, he’ll stop at your house first next year! 😉 [/QUOTE] Are you sure you’re not thinking of **swampbear**? [Top 10 reasons beer is better than Jesus.](http://www.EvolveFISH.com/fish/TopTenReasonsBeerJesus.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/34 "2007-12-27T21:38:10Z")
Santa wears pants. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/35 "2007-12-27T22:15:52Z")
[QUOTE=wheelie] Are you sure you’re not thinking of **swampbear**? [Top 10 reasons beer is better than Jesus.](http://www.EvolveFISH.com/fish/TopTenReasonsBeerJesus.html) [/QUOTE] Nope. [The big guy himself.](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/rivers-bob-i-am-santa-claus-lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/36 "2007-12-27T22:22:30Z")
Santa’s helpers are elves, Jesus just has the apostles. I don’t know about other dopers, but I’d rather have elves. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/37 "2007-12-27T22:24:08Z")
\>Jesus’s followers think it was a good idea to nail him to a tree Um, I don’t think those were the followers… In any case, Santa is a lie just a few weeks of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/38 "2007-12-27T22:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=velocitri] \<😃 bahahaha.. good one! [/QUOTE] Thank you, but it should read: Despite having to visit every house in the world on one night, Santa never gets lost. People are always being asked if they found Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/39 "2007-12-27T22:35:26Z")
[QUOTE=Napier] \>Jesus’s followers think it was a good idea to nail him to a tree Um, I don’t think those were the followers… [/QUOTE] The ones who did the nailing weren’t, but his followers think him dying on the cross was the best thing to ever happen to _them._ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379/40 "2007-12-27T22:48:22Z")
When you go to see Santa (at the “north pole” at the mall), he asks all about you. When you go to see Jesus(in any church), the talk is all about Jesus. Given this, who is the better host? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jesus-is-better-than-santa/431379.md?page=3)