Santae Claus

Santae Claus
Ither names	Saint Nicholas Saint Nick Kris Kringle
Kent for	Delivering gifts tae bairns at Christmas
Hauf-marrae(s)	Mrs. Claus

Santae Claus, kent as Saunt Nicholas, Saunt Nick, Kris Kringle, Faither Christmas, or simply Santae an aw, is a legendary feegur o Wastren cultur that's said tae gie gifts tae the hames o well-behaved ("guid" or "nice") bairns on Christenmas Eve (24 December) an the wee smaw oors o Christenmas Day (25 Disember).^[1]

The modren Santae Claus grew oot o tradeetions surroondin the historical Saunt Nicholas, a fowert-yearhunner Greek bishop an gift-gier o Myra, the Breetish Isles feegur o Faither Christenmas, the Dutch feegur o Sinterklaas (hissel based on Saunt Nicholas), the German feegur o the Christkind (a fabulised Christ Bairn), an the halidays o Twalt Nicht an Epiphany an thair associatit figurs o the Three Wise Men (based on the gift-gien Magi o the Nativity) an Befana.^{[citation needit]}

Some mainteen Santae Claus an aa absorbed elements o the Germanic god Wodan, wha wis associatit wi the paugan midwinter event o Yuil an led the Wild Hunt, a ghaistly procession throu the sky.^[wha?]

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