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Historical Questions Who is Santa Claus?
We get so many great questions from children of all ages around the world that we decided to compile some of them here. We’ll add to these Frequently Asked Questions as needed. We have three sections at present:
- Historical Questions (e.g. “Tell me about Santa Claus”)
- Practical Questions (e.g. How does Santa fit down a chimney?)
- Other Christmas Favorites (e.g. Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas etc.)
- Technical Questions (something about the web site etc.)
Santa Claus has a variety of different names in different languages, but they all refer to the person of St. Nicholas who was born many centuries ago in the 4th century (born c 230 AD, various sources list various dates) in Lycia, Anatolia, a province on the southwest coast of Asia Minor (present day Turkey). He was born in Patara, a seaport, and traveled. Read more »