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  Santa Claus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa is a variant of a European person folk tale based on the historical figure Saint Nicholas, a bishop from the region that is now present-day Turkey, who gave presents to the poor.
Conventionally, Santa Claus is portrayed as a kindly, round-bellied, merry, bespectacled white man in a red coat trimmed with white fur (perhaps remotely derived from the episcopal vestments of the original Bishop Nicholas), with a long white beard and green or white gloves.
Santa Claus with two children sitting on his lap and four children gathered around him for a photo in a room in Chicago in 1929.
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 Santa Claus at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick) is the American, Latin American, and British variant of the European folk myth of Saint Nicholas, explaining the source of Christmas presents given to children on Christmas Day.
Conventionally, Santa Claus is portrayed as a kindly, round-bellied, merry, bespectacled man in a red suit trimmed with white fur, with a long white beard.
Santa's image was further modernized by the Coca-Cola company, who at the turn of the 20th Century featured the character in a variety of advertising campaigns.
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