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Santa Claus: The Man Behind the Beard
He is faster than Superman, richer than Scrooge McDuck, and like the Shadow knows what is in the hearts of boys and girls, men and women everywhere. He is Santa Claus and this living legend of Christmas cheer dropped by the Compagnie d’édition André Paquette office for a rare interview and to reveal a few secrets of the man behind the snow-white beard. “My name originally was Saint Nicholas,
sign language. “Santa Claus is here for the kids,” he said, “so whichever way they want to talk or speak to me, that is the way it is. You just have to tell Santa.” Santa and the elves have worked together for centuries now. Some of them are specialists, a few of them are chief helpers for Santa and Mrs. Claus, directing the other elves on the
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and I was born way back 700 years after Christ,”he said, chuckling.“So, if you do your math, then you’ll have my age.” Over the years, he’s had several name chan- ges. Even he has to stop and think about how many names he has. “Nowadays, I’m all over the world. Sinterk- laas in Germany, Babbo Natale in Italy. In North America and a lot of other countries it is Santa Claus. Papa Noël in France and in the Latin- speaking countries.” While most children know that Santa deliv- ers toys all over the world during Christmas night, over the centuries he has always had some help. In some parts of Italy a distant cousin, Befana,
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His name originally was Saint Nicholas, now it’s Santa Claus.
sometimes called a witch because she rides a broom, delivers toys, dropping them down the house chimneys. “We’re all just family,” he said, smiling. Over the centuries, and thanks to his magic, he has learned many languages, including
work that needs to be done, including helping with all the mail that arrives. Post offices all over the world deliver hun- dreds of thousands of letters to the North Pole every year. ( Continued on page 23)
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