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History of Santa Claus |
The history of Santa Claus explores the past history of the world’s jolliest person. His task is to distribute gifts among Children on the Eve of Christmas. Some are of the belief that he is modeled after an actual Saint while others believe him to be an amalgamation of worldwide traditions. Santa Claus
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is a non-fictional character and is known of various names- Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply Santa.
He is popularly known as Santa Claus in America and his each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas. Long ago in Turkey there lived a bishop called Saint Nicholas. He was very wealthy and generous. He had a soft corner for children and loved to make them happy. He distributed gifts among poor children. After his death he was canonized as a saint. He was the patron of children and seafarers. In Netherland’s he was called Sinter Nikolass which was later on, shortened to Sinter Klaas. When the Dutch people started to immigrate to the United States the name changed to what we call today “Santa Claus”. Saint Nicholas followed the tradition of leaving gifts in the shoes of good children and not under the Christmas tree as he does today. Whatever the history may be we remember Santa Claus as a fat jolly man with a white beard. He is regarded as the world’s most jolliest person.
History of Santa Claus brings into light the mysteries of Santa Claus. To collect more information on history of Santa Claus visit our site Christmas Carnivals
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