Talk:Santa Claus

Merger

 * It would be more useful for the reader to have this information consolidated in one article instead of spread across two. Ground Zero (talk) 13:29, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: What is an article? discourages articles on individual persons. Wikivoyage has a couple of decent articles on characters of folklore, such as Robin Hood and Dracula. Still, an article on a real or fictional person should make up an itinerary or a collection of destinations of meaningful size. If too short, it can be a subsection of a more generalized article. /Yvwv (talk) 14:26, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * : are you telling me that Santa isn't a real person? Why would you say such a thing just two weeks before Christmas? ;-) Ground Zero (talk) 23:48, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, if he really wasn't real, then why are the colours of the Canadian, Danish, and Greenlandic flags red and white? ;-) -- SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 23:50, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * per GZ and Yvwv. We rarely have articles on individual persons, and we already have another travel topic for Christmas-related travel. -- SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 23:41, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm not sure whether we should have this topic article or not, but I'd observe that there are several places called Santa Claus. See Santa Claus, Indiana, Santa Claus, Georgia, Santa Claus, Arizona. The one in Arizona was a ghost town, but: "What presently remains is several vandalized buildings, a wishing well, and the "Old 1225", a derailed, pink children's train tagged with graffiti that mar the hand-painted renderings of Santa and his elves on the train. As of early 2022, all remaining buildings have been removed." So not the potential subject of a viable destination article. Santa Claus, Georgia is tiny and probably worth only a redirect and listing in Vidalia (Georgia), 13 miles away, as a curiosity because of its name and the fact that "The city has several Christmas-themed street names: Candy Cane Road, December Drive, Rudolph Way, Dancer Street, Prancer Street, and Sleigh Street." However, Santa Claus, Indiana looks like it could have a viable destination article. If we choose to merge this to Christmas and New Year travel and keep a separate "Santa Claus-related destinations" section, we could create a disambiguation page for Santa Claus and start an article on the town in Indiana if anyone is inspired to start an article about it. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:52, 11 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Done. Ground Zero (talk) 16:25, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Popularity
"Despite being the stuff of nightmares, Santa is the world’s most popular home intruder."

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