Thread: Tell us about your Christmas (Holiday) Traditions
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Old 11-29-2009, 11:36 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
And they got him from Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas), who was the patron saint of children, unmarried women, merchants and sailors....
Father Christmas and Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) were originally entirely separate figures; it's only in the 20th century that they got "merged". The best description of the "original" Father Christmas is probably "The Ghost of Christmas Present" in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
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