Talk:Kris Kringle

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[edit] kris kringle???

i've lived in germany for 40 years and never came across this term. it's either "christkind" in proper german, christkindl, krischkind, krischkinnl or krischkindl in southern dialects. this page is nonsense and should be deleted!Sundar1 16:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

It's a term used for Santa Clause in the US, as explained in the article. The article also explains how the term is a corruption of the real christkind figure celebrated in Germany. Many Christmas traditions in the US are translated (sometimes sloppily) from the German. Tafinucane 21:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)