Originally Nikolaus was only a saint in the Orthodox church, and only just canonized by the west in the mid or late 1800s. Many socialists were still Christians back then, so I think there was some kind of propaganda optics going on there before the old Coca-cola Santa cemented the secular image.
I also think there's a connection from la petroleuse of the Paris commune to Eiffel's statue of Liberty
wait santa's a jew?
I never said he was Jewish, only that he and the mystical Jews had/have similar beard styles, no doubt for esoteric reasons.
It's just 19th century style. Strong beards were fashionable.
but is santa jewish?
No, he's T*rkish
does he support erdogan or not?
Dutchfag detected.
Having a beard is literally part of Jewish law. Very exoteric stuff.
Kabbalah and Gnosticism are very similar.