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Re:A Civil War cartoonist created the modern image of Santa ... by kgran on Sunday December 12, 2021 @05:35AM (#29528515)
Almost all Kazakhs are Sunni Muslims. If you've meant Christian populations like Russians, then I would be interested to see what's special about Russian Kazakhstani's Santa traditions.

I'd also like to see a hundred or more years old Lithuanian Santa version similar to the Unionist one.

This is not to dismiss your claim that this might be revisionist (I'm not sure), but your examples on Kazakhstan and Lithuania lack evidence.

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Re:A Civil War cartoonist created the modern image of Santa ... by mpol on Sunday December 12, 2021 @06:01AM (#29528631)
Not an answer, mostly a hint :) But could it be that the folklore of Odin / Wodan came there through the Vikings? The Dutch Sinterklaas is partly based on the Wild Hunt of Odin. Odin might have inspired more civilisations with the same concept.
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