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Re:Visual Studio Code repository is open again by txcwpalpha on Friday December 20, 2019 @04:47PM (#21847648)
Saint Nicholas is hardly the same as "Santa", which has his own wikipedia page [1]. Modern day Santa has some partial roots in Saint Nicholas (as well as a few other figures), but other than the sometimes-used moniker of "Saint Nick", has very little to do with the actual saint. Santa is the one associated with the red hat, while Saint Nicholas has no such association. The only real link between the two is that Saint Nicholas was known for gift-giving and so is Santa, but I hope we aren't about to label gift-giving as a religious activity...

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus

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Re:Visual Studio Code repository is open again by goto11 on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:06PM (#21847797)
I'm not sure it makes sense to ask if Santa Claus is "the same" as Saint Nicholas. It is a mythic figure which have developed over time. It is like asking if Dracula is "the same" as Vlad Tepes.
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