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No, but he is directly associated with a (or the) major Christian holiday.

• bdcravens 11y ago
  Is it possible to celebrate Santa and the holiday with no attachment to religion? Sure, we do it with Valentine's day and St. Patrick.
  • vezzy-fnord 11y ago
    Of course it is. In fact, some of the hard evangelicals usually scoff at Christmas because of its pagan origins and syncretism. There actually have been Wars on Christmas... waged by Christians themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Puritan_New_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Puritan_New_Engla...
  • Grue3 11y ago
    Yes, just call him Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) like we do in Russia. No religious connotations at all!