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Santa Claus is a traditional holiday figure representing Christmas good cheer and gift-giving, who is the best known (at least in modern times) mascot of Christmas, developed in the United States as an amalgam of Saint Nicholas and various other seasonal folk heroes, with many aspects provided by the classic poem A Visit from St. Nicholas.

Background[]

The Santa Claus figure is based largely on the Dutch holiday figure of "Sinterklaas" (a hasty pronunciation of "St. Nicholas" somewhat based on the 4th century Saint Nicholas of Myra) who comes down the chimney on the fifth/sixth of December and the imagery of the Saint in question carried over to his North Pole incarnation.

As the most prominent figure associated with Christmas, Santa Claus appears in various Christmas productions in the Yogi Bear franchise by Hanna-Barbera.

Physical Appearance[]

Santa is depicted as an obese, elderly man with a white beard and mustache, thick white eyebrows, and wears a white fur trimmed red jacket and pants with a broad buckled belt, a matching hat with a white bobble on top, and black boots.

Personality[]

Santa is a happy, kind, nice, wise, helpful, jolly, good-hearted man that smiles a great deal, likes to eat (especially cookies and milk), and is a very likeable, accessible fellow with his friendly nature, open mind, and energetic spirit to help make the holiday season the joyful time it is for the people on Earth.

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