David Harbour's Santa is a tatted Viking warrior in ViolentNight, but how does that relate to St. Nick's true history?
Action-packed gore-fest Violent Night stars David Harbour as a more pessimistic Santa Claus than we're used to seeing. He is a foul-mouthed heavy drinker who has lost all faith in the people of the world due to an ever-growing naughty list. But as well as his dependence on alcohol, this incarnation also brings a dark history to Kris Kringle. The man was once a fierce warrior in desperate need of redemption before he donned the red hat.
Nicholas the Red In the movie, young Trudy Lightstone asks Harbour's Santa about his life before taking on the mantle of Santa Claus. Confronted, we're shown flashbacks of his past as a Norse warrior with blood on his hands and a hammer affectionately nicknamed Skullcrusher. He mentions to Trudy that he and Mrs.
First, there's Yuletide, the Norse season that gave us yule logs and carol singing. This festival used the early-pagan imagery of Odin, with his white beard, long cloak, and the idea that he travels through the sky. Odin himself has been depicted in several movies, most notably by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the MCU's Thor series, and by Richard Schiff in the video game God of War: Ragnarök.
The Anglicization of St. Nicholas While much of Europe adopted St. Nicholas as their symbol for the Christmas season, England favored the personification of festive cheer, Father Christmas. Britain's new-world colonies saw countless European immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries and with them came the Dutch depiction of Sint Nikolaas, or Sinter Klaas for short. Sinter Klaas was Anglicized to Santa Claus in 1773.
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