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: ''This article is about the Christmas gift-giver. For the saint, see [[Saint Nicholas]].''

: ''This article is about the Christmas gift-giver. For the saint, see [[Saint Nicholas]].''

'''Santa Claus''', or simply "Santa", is a fictional character and an [[United States of America|American]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] popular cultural icon, likely brought over from [[Germany|German]]-speaking countries, the [[Low Countries]], and [[Scandinavia]]. He has been a regular staple of the North American observance of [[Christmas]] for about two centuries or more, and as well as much of the world.  Santa Claus brings presents to good children every Christmas, rides a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer and lives at the [[North Pole]].

'''Santa Claus''', or simply "Santa", is an imaginary character and an [[United States of America|American]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] popular cultural icon, likely brought over from [[Germany|German]]-speaking countries, the [[Low Countries]], and [[Scandinavia]]. He has been a regular staple of the North American observance of [[Christmas]] for about two centuries or more, and as well as much of the world.  Santa Claus is said to bring presents to good children every Christmas, ride a flying sleigh pulled by eight fictional reindeer and live at the [[North Pole]].

== Origins ==

== Origins ==