Re: Cloudy's Cafe, a conversation zone, July 11, 2008
Well to be fair, Santa Claus was based on a real person, being St. Nicholas, I think from the area of Turkey, IIRC. From what I've heard the name Santa Claus came about due to germans having trouble pronouncing St. Nick's name. there's more to it, but I'm a little fuzzy on all the details, but many cultures contributed to Santa as we know him now.
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