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nath
Interestingly, there was no "Santa Claus" before the American Civil War, and the Founding Fathers of America did not encourage the celebration of Christmas because it was an English tradition.
Heinrich Curtis
Santa Claus is built from several older myths and a couple real people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus