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[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Dutch have St Nicholas, so do the Belgians, and many Germans have St Nicholas too. Bad Wiki page.

[โ€“] 1stQ@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

Nikolaus comes December 6th, Weihnachtsmann comes December 24th in Germany. Two different figures (That are admittedly based on the same historic figure, as far as I know. Some Greek guy?). Not sure about the Dutch, but didn't Santa come from the Dutch Sinter Claas or something?