Questions tagged [santa-claus]
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What is the origin of the story that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole?
Can the traditional location of Santa Claus home and workshop be traced to older folklore stories, or is it a modern invention, a piece of fakelore?
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What is the link between Odin and Santa Claus?
What is the link between Odin and Santa Claus? How does Santa trace his origins to the Norse god?
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When did flying reindeer become part of the Father Christmas (Santa Claus) story?
The idea that Father Christmas (Santa Claus) lives at the North Pole dates back to the United States Civil War of the 1860s. But when did the flying reindeer enter the picture? They are there nowadays in the form of a group that pulls his sleigh…
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How did Santa Claus appear in this world?
My children are very curious as to how Santa Claus appeared. Surely, he could not be born as an ordinary man. I tried to find some story, but most information on the internet is concerned with 'historical account', how Santa became part of the…
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