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Santa is based on two figures: Nicholas, a kind, generous official of the Roman Catholic Church in Greece, approximately 1,000 years ago, who later became a saint, and St. Nick, a fictional character created around the turn of the 20th Century by Clement Moore and featured in "The Night Before Christmas." St. Nick is a chubby, elfish, older fellow with a flowing white beard, just like today's Santa.

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