# What About Santa Claus from the dutch Sinterklaas Moore's poem transferred the genuine old Dutch traditions celebrated at New Year in New York, including the exchange of gifts, family feasting, and tales of "sinterklass" (a derivation in Dutch from "Saint Nicholas", from whence comes the modern "Santa Claus") to Christmas. He is not a revamp god odin Feast days was orrignally no 12/6 and moved into 12/25. at this time he got his famous red coat and image in representation of a tradiational dutch man. 1927 Finland had a radio broadcased Markus Rautio that mordphed the old pagan deity joulupukki into a santa like figure. So DFant changed the joulupukki figure, not the other way arround ### Presents Presents were giving on new years and it was moved to christmas at the same time sait nicolas feast day was moved to christmas. 1800 had become really crazy and New york wanted to make it more family friendly. So Saint nicolas holiday was moved to december 25 season and was made in the image of a dutchman. dutch imigrents in new york 1927 markus radio and rebranded him as joel Red Coat Saint Nicholas gulevich t 2000 encyclopedia of christmas A dictoopmary of english folklare #### Father Chirstmas? Father Chirstmas is seperate from Santa in origins. Richard Smart of Plymtree was the first to right about him, he was convied as "Sir Christmas" and his job was to annouce the birth of Chirst. oxford book or carols VPpXbKxRQi-slaKJtN.qVw