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What is the difference between Santa Claus and Father Christmas?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere is no difference between them.
The actual gift givers are different in various countries:
England: Father Christmas
France: Pere Noel (Father Christmas)
Germany: Christkind (angelic messenger from Jesus) She is a beautiful fair haired girl with a shining crown of candles.
Holland: St Nicholas.
Italy: La Befana (a kindly old witch)
Spain and South America: The Three Kings
Russia: In some parts - Babouschka (a grandmotherly figure) in other parts it is Grandfather Frost.
Scandinavia: a variety of Christmas gnomes. One is called Julenisse.
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∙ 13y agoPere Noel is the french way of saying "Father Christmas"
Father Christmas and Santa Claus are the same person.
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What is the difference of Father Christmas to Santa Claus?
that Santa is not the same as father Christmas because Santa comes to you house to have cookies and milk
Is it Christmas father or Father Christmas?
neither its santa claus
How do you say Santa Claus in United Kingdom?
Yes. They call him Santa Claus or Father Christmas.
What do they call Santa Claus in Cameroon?
In Cameroon there are lots of names for Santa Claus: Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, and Le Père Noël which mean "Father Christmas" in French.
In Kenya do what do they santa Claus?
father Christmas
How do British isles call their Santa Claus?
Santa Claus, or Father Christmas.
What is father Christmas in England?
Father Christmas is one of the many alternative names for Santa Claus.
What is Father Christmas called?
Father Christmas is sometimes referred to as Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa.
Who is santa in England?
Santa Claus or Father Christmas.
What was the original name for Father Christmas?
Santa Claus
What is Santa Claus in Portuguese?
Santa Claus is Pai Natal, Pai means father and Natal means Christmas so it's something like "Christmas Father"
What is Santa Claus called in the United Kingdom?
The traditional English name for Santa Claus is Father Christmas. The American influence has caused a gradual shift from this name.Santa is a bit of a chameleon, adapting to different environments and backdrops- in England, he is generally called Father Christmas, same title ( In French) used in France. St. Nick - or variants thereof common in Germany and Scandinavian countries- somewhat oddly the Swiss, in the city of Zurich had a local festival honoring St. nicholas ( as a bishop) which had a parade of marchers in outsized hats mostly ecclesisastical in style and bore the name of the Klausjagen- roughly ( Claus" Hunt) and really this ceremony had nothing to do with Christmas!
