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Santa Claus
Santa Claus , also known as Saint Nicholas , Kris Kringle , Father Christmas , or simply Santa , is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December). [1] The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas (a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra ), the British figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas (himself also based on Saint Nicholas). Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed elements of the Germanic god Wodan , who was associated with the pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt , a ghostly procession through the sky. Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white- bearded man—sometimes with spectacles —wearing a red coat with white fur collar a
Happy X-mas
Christmas is an annual festival , commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ , [8] [9] observed primarily on December 25 [4] [10] [11] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. [2] [12] [13] A feast central to the Christian liturgical year , it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night ; [14] in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave . [15] Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations , [16] [17] [18] is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, [19] as well as culturally by many non-Christians, [1] [20] and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it. The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem , in accordance with me
