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2. Santa Claus - Wikipedia

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   Santa Claus is known as de Kerstman in Dutch ("the Christmas man") and Père Noël ("Father Christmas") in French. For children in the Netherlands, Sinterklaas remains the predominant gift-giver in December; 36% of the Dutch only give presents on Sinterklaas evening or the day itself, 6 December, [ 15 ] while Christmas, 25 December, is used by ...

3. Julemanden - Wikipedia

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   Julemanden (Faroese: Jólamaður [ˈjɔuːlaˌmɛaːvʊɹ], Greenlandic: Juulimaaq) is the Christmas gift-bringer in modern Danish culture, the equivalent of Father Christmas or Santa Claus. Julemanden can be directly translated as "The Yule Man" or "The Christmas Man". [1]

4. Father Christmas - Wikipedia

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   Modern dictionaries consider the terms Father Christmas and Santa Claus to be synonymous. [98] [99] The respective characters are now to all intents and purposes indistinguishable, although some people are still said to prefer the term 'Father Christmas' over 'Santa Claus', nearly 150 years after Santa Claus's arrival in England. [1]

5. How old is Santa? History on the saint, how he became ...

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   Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports. This would make Santa approximately 1,744 years old today. This would make Santa ...

6. List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers - Wikipedia

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   Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...

7. Yule and Christmas in Denmark - Wikipedia

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   In Denmark, Santa Claus is known as Julemanden (literally "the Yule Man") and is said to arrive on a sleigh drawn by reindeer, with presents for the children. He is assisted with his Yuletide chores by elves known as julenisser (or simply nisser ), who are traditionally believed to live in attics, barns or similar places.

8. Where is Santa? How to track his Christmas 2024 journey - AOL

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   Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Babbo Natale, Père Noël — whatever you call him, the man clad in red will be here soon. Where is Santa? How to track his Christmas 2024 journey

9. Christmas Reindeer: What’s the Story Behind Santa and ... - AOL

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   While characters resembling Santa Claus have circulated throughout the world for centuries, the notion of a sleigh pulled by reindeer wouldn’t become prominent until the 19th century.