Santa Claus
Based on the Amanita Muscaria mushroom?
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Santa Claus
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Amanita Muscaria
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Most Christian rituals and observances practiced even today were pieced together at the time Emperor Constantine, around 300 C.E.,
when the Church was codified as the official state religion. To make the new religion more acceptable to the people, pagan and other
countryside myths and practices were assembled and incorporated. The Santa Claus story is a more recent example of this practice.