Tradition!
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"They are just as fictional as Santa Claus..."
Santa Claus is not fictional, although many of his modern attributes are.
Mr. Claus is based on a kind gentleman called Saint Nicholas who lived somewhere in Asia Minor a couple of thousands of years ago. Nicholas would deliver goodies to the poor at Christmas time.'Bout time you "programmers" did a little history reading.
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@SilentRunner said:
Mr. Claus is based on a kind gentleman called Saint Nicholas
Mr. Claus is also based off of Father Christmas and a whole mix of different characters used in various countries. One of said characters was in turn based (well, more named after) Saint Nicholas, so claiming that he is based on a real person is not particularly accurate.
