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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Someone said that in order to be a true atheist, you would have to be omnipotent. True, the same goes for you who don't believe in Santa. Have you checked everywhere to see whether Santa was there? No, you haven't.

If the above reasoning is correct about Santa, I am an agnostic about Santa and about God.
Well.... Santa Claus is based on the Dutch 'Sinterklaas' (Sint-Nicolaas), who was a Greek bishop of Myra (now Turkey) in ~300 A.D. You can read more here.

And, if you've never has them. Try to buy some speculaas cookies. They're an old tradition here 9especially on Sinterklaas), and very tasty.
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