The first Santa Claus was from Turkey. His name was St. Nicholas and he lived and performed miracles in the town of Demre in southwestern Turkey.
Santa turned 273 on his last birthday, of course that is not very old when you live at the North Pole. He can live for many more hundreds of years.
However the Dutch version of his life got slightly corrupted, and became the modern Santa Claus. (Pronouncing Saint Nicholas in Dutch comes out like: San Nicolaus, which morphed into "Santa Claus").
The original St Nicolas was around in about 346 ad
Saint Nicholas was originally Turkish.
However the Dutch version of his life got slightly corrupted, and turned into the modern Santa Claus. (Pronouncing Saint Nicholas in Dutch comes out like: San Nicolaus, which morphed into Santa Claus).
saint nick ,santa claus, jolly old fellow,
they suspect that santa claus is over 1700 years old. but I'm not positive.
There isn't Santa Claus in Czech Republic. The story is that the presents are delivered by baby jesus.
Santa Claus was thought to originate with a story involving Saint Nicholas, who has been proven to have lived, and his charity.
Santa is not real
Mrs. Claus in hundreds of years old. As the wife of Santa, the magic of Christmas helps to keep her alive.
Santa, Santa Claus or Father Christmas would be the most common forms of address for the old gentleman. A peculiarly Australian title for him which I have not heard for many years and which may have originated from a funny story was, Whacker Chimber.
The story of Santa Claus generally started in Germany. He was actually known as a saint, but the story expanded over time to say he gave gifts to all children.
Santa Claus means Saint Nicholas, whose story was one of the inspirations for the Christmas figure we know today.
Yes, he is Christmas Father or just plain old Santa Claus, in Pakistan he is Christmas Baba.
Maybe. You never know with Santa Claus. ;)
he has been around for ever