Santa Claus is one of the most popular character specially when it comes to kids during the Christmas season. The sad fact is, kids know more about Santa compared to Jesus Christ when its Christmas day, maybe because parents told stories that Santa will give gifts to those kids who are good and polite, and when they grew up they will then realized that Santa is just a story (even though sometimes fathers will dress like Santa and give their children gifts during the Christmas eve). For some, Santa was created just for commercial purposes. And even though there are some controversies regarding Santa, many countries around the world has its own version of Santa Claus. Now for this top ten article its all about the 10 facts you might didn't know about Santa. Have some time to read the listed facts below.TOP : 10
Fact : The Norse god Odin was an early forerunner to Santa. He gave good children gifts and his 8 legged horse, sleipnir, could leap great distances.
Source : Encyclopedia Britannica, BBC
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| Norse god Odin |
TOP : 9
Fact : It was a satirical book in 1809, "A History of New York" that first introduced the idea of Santa climbing down chimneys.
Source : The Week
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| Santa climbing down chimneys |
TOP : 8
Fact : Rudolph the reindeer was originally called Rollo and then Reginald. The name Rudolph was popularized in 1939 by writer Robert L. May.
Source : CBS
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| Rudolph the reindeer |
TOP : 7
Fact : According to Canadian immigration, Santa's nationality is Canadian, as he lived at the North Pole. The Dutch say he lives in a castle in Spain and travels by steamboat.
Source : National Post
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| Canadian Santa Claus |
TOP : 6
Fact : The largest gathering of Santa Clauses comprised of 13,000 participants in Derry City, Ireland in 2007. The most letters to Santa collected during the Christmas season was 1.06 million, in Canada, in 2006.
Source : Guinness World Records
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| The largest gathering of Santa Clauses |
TOP : 5
Fact : Chocolate gold coins are given to commemorate saint Nicholas giving bags of gold to the poor.
Source : CBS
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| Chocolate gold coins |
TOP : 4
Fact : Some historian believe that saint Nicholas never existed and was a legend spawned from tales of Poseidon or Neptune. He reportedly died around 350 AD.
Source : CBS
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| Poseidon |
TOP : 3
Fact : It is often thought that Coca-Cola created Santa's image in 1931. However, Thomas Nast, a cartoonist, drew Santa as we know him today back in the 1860s.
Source : Encyclopedia Britannica, New Zealand Herald.
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| Thomas Nast |
TOP : 2
Fact : Joulupukki is Santa's name in Finland.
Source : Wikipedia
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| Joulupukki |
TOP : 1
Fact : Norwegian scientists have hypothesized as to the cause of Rudolph's red nose. They believe it to be a parasitic infection of his respiratory system.
Source : cbs.com
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| Rudolph's red nose |
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Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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