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Re:Unicode character “ꙮ” (U+A66E) is being updated by nohuck13 on Monday September 19, 2022 @02:15PM (#32901876)
The name Santa Claus evolved from Nick's Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nikolaas (Dutch for Saint Nicholas)

https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/christmas/santa-claus#si...

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Re:Unicode character “ꙮ” (U+A66E) is being updated by Tijdreiziger on Monday September 19, 2022 @07:55PM (#32905784)
It’s actually Sinterklaas (without a space) and we still call him that :) We also ended up re-importing the American Santa Claus, so these days we have two festive holidays in December.
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