Saturday, December 23, 2006

Santa Baby


Santa Trivia:

Santa Claus is based on the real life historical figure Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors.

North Pole, Alaska is the redirection point of most letters addressed to Santa. The kind people there volunteer to answer all the letters. In 2005, North Pole, Alaska received 120,000 letters from 26 countries.


Sinterklaas was the name of the original Dutch figure that inspired the modern day Santa Claus.
The feast of Sinterklaas is observed in Holland, Belgium and Germany.The name Sinterklaas was mispronounced by the English.

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