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	pycage	2008-10-23 , 13:18
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout

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.

That's what we call St. Nikolaus in Germany. His date is Dec. 6th. The person we know as Santa Claus is a derivation of the Holly King, the red-clad spirit of celtic origin, who visits the people on Yule tide (Dec. 25th). Some nordic-influenced languages (e.g. English, Norwegian) still have the name yule as synonym for christmas.

And speculaas are really tasty.