Talk:Saint Nicholas (European folklore)

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miért Mikulás bácsi ?????????????????? Mikulás —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.40.10.179 (talk) 00:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

It is nonsense - why is this article here - this not original hungarian tradition and was not taken by Czechs from there. These pages are Czech. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blanicky (talk • contribs) 12:22, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Should be merged with the Santa Claus article

This article is not right the way it is. Mikulás is not "a similar figure to Santa Claus". Mikulás is Santa Claus' Hungarian name and all Hungarians consider him be the same figure. The difference is in the tradition. Mikulás brings the sweets for good kids at the night of 5th December. Originally it was at the dawn of 6th December, so kids would find the sweets when they wake up, but nowadays they usually do not wait until morning. (The 6th Dec. is also Saint Nicholas' date of death who is remembered by Christians on that day). At Christmas it is Baby Jesus who brings the presents in a figurative sense. The English article about Santa Claus also mentions Mikulás but stating him being a different figure. I think this article should be merged with the one about Santa Claus thus expanding those two sentences there. Maybe not simply merged as it would be too long, but in a condensed way. 46.107.38.168 (talk) 14:31, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

The two may be identified together in Hungary but are distinct figures celebrated at different dates elsewhere, so no that wouldn't be a good idea. 2A02:2788:11C4:9BF:A7AC:BB92:FFD:E43F (talk) 12:48, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Agreed, this article could and should be merged with the Santa Claus article. There are many reasons to merge this article with the Santa Claus article, specifically, there is a lot of WP:OVERLAP. Also much of this article duplicates what is already been discussed in the Santa Claus article and creates a WP:CFORK. What is not covered in the Santa Claus article and that is present here could easily make up a section within the Santa Claus article (Under the sections titled Predecessor figures Saint Nicholas and/or Traditions and rituals and/or alternatively as a new sub-section titled Saint Nicholas (European folklore)). There is also very little WP:CITE to support much of the content in this article. 79.155.41.48 (talk) 11:47, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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