Seeing where he is supposed to live, is Santa a Canadian?

Nope!

Currently, under international law, no country owns the North Pole or the region of the Arctic Ocean surrounding it. ... In 1907 Canada invoked a “sector principle” to claim sovereignty over a sector stretching from its coasts to the North Pole.

Surely he’s (an) American (invention).

He is clearly a colonial, as made evident by his excessively large radius.

He’s a big fat bugger so obviously american.

Obviously he is from Eastern Europe – Poland, to be specific.

There were several Polish explorers in the 1700s that were searching for the ends of the earth as we know it. One went south, and populated the South Pole. One went north – a man by the name of Santawski Clausewitz, and he populated and settled the North Pole.

He thought that the name Clausewitz was undignified for a famous explorer. So he shortened it to become Santa Claus.

But both the North and South Poles belong to the country of Poland.

@elbanditoroso “But both the North and South Poles belong to the country of Poland.”

Source? Not being a jerk, interested.

Can there be any question that Santa is Canadian? He’s very polite, and he speaks impeccable English. He also has a strong commitment to social justice, doing his best to ensure that no child will be forgotten.

He works poor slave elves to death, invades homes and countries without batting an eye, arrogantly presumes himself judge over what child is “good” or “bad”, and only kids with rich parents get expensive gifts.
Clearly a colonial.

He can’t be American or Trump would have fired him by now.

There is a “North Pole” in Alaska, where a man plays Santa year-round and legally changed his name to Chris Cringle. Fun fact.

@KNOWITALL Poles…Poland…get it?

Most of what has been established about Saint Nicholas / Santa Claus comes from Dutch settlers in New York to modern New York City. Almost everything about him says New York.

But I agree that he has traits of Canadian culture—also Scandinavian Dutch, British, and Russian.
He really has little in common nowadays with his Turkish and Spanish (Europe) origins, whence he was almost Moorish.

No! He is a citizen of the world.

Ok then what country would he pay his property tax to??

I once had a ‘Santa Claus Nation’ project for a model railroad. Basically a tourist railroad to a Christmas-themed resort where Sweden, Norway, and Finland converge. The ‘real’ reason for the railroad was to transport steel from the mines of Kiruna, Sweden to the ice-free port of Tromso, Norway. but took on a tourist / resort purpose

The mythical thing about the ‘nation’ was it had another railroad crossing the Kiruna / Tromso railroad—that is,a spur-line of the Adirondak railroad where it crosses from Bedford Falls into Canada. North of the station the railroad continued northward, to the actual North Pole, with Greenland on one side of the tracks and Canada on the other.

As a “citizen of the word” the Santa Claus nation does not coincide with any actual borders. Though I would assume would work for peace between northern Europeans and Canadians, and with Inuit and Laplander populations—- as he has brought unity between English, French, and Dutch colonists in New York.

The Santa Claus nation is a place between places and does not coincide with any true geographic location except the North Pole

Santa doesn’t pay tax. He is the church of Santa.

I just found this out a while back I have no idea of when, Canada declared Santa a Canadian and even gave him his own postal code HOHOHO and believe it or not all letters mailed through the post office world wide come here to Canada.

You can actually DO that with a Canadian postal code. Better than coincidental.

I still believe in a Santa Claus “nation” per se’ but Canada has a real advantage postal wise to claim Santa’s homeland. It touches Greenland and I presume Russia, and the Adirondak Railroad goes from Montreal into New York,

@SQUEEKY2 No no. There are actually Santa helpers here in America. The letters sent from America addressed to Santa at the North Pole are processed in various locations in America. The helpers get to as many letters as they can, answering the children back, and some of the children get an item on their list.