Karin Ueltschi, Histoire véridique du Père Noël, du traîneau à la hotte by Carine Giovénal

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Why Santa Claus is not a god by Barrett, J

“…God concepts must be (1) counterintuitive, (2) an intentional agent, (3) possessing strategic information, (4) able to act in the human world in detectable ways and (5) capable of motivating behaviors that reinforce belief. That Santa Claus appears to be only inconsistently represented as having all five requisite features Santa has failed to develop a community of true believers and cult. …”

Nickolai's quest / by 408367 Raby, Lucy Daniel, Dewan, Ted

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The polar express [videorecording] / by Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm), Shangri-La Entertainment (Firm), Playtone (Firm), ImageMovers (Firm), Golden Mean Productions, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Warner Home Video (Firm)

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“DO YOU WANT TO BE KRAMPUS?” Santa Claus, globality and locality of Christmas tradition by Kürti László

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The night before Christmas / by Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863 author, Tudor, Tasha, illustrator

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Science, fiction, and Santa Claus: Hollywood creator and consultant perceptions of fictional science in film and television by Jessica L. Davis, Gianna Savoie, Nancy Longnecker

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Five William Shakespeares Versus One Santa Claus; Self-Sacrifice and The Trolley Problem in the Series “<i>The Good Place</i>” by Frank G. Bosman

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A Japanese Santa Claus: A Nikkei Subject and Lévi-Strauss’s Gift Theory in <i>Through the Arc of the Rain Forest</i> by Rie Makino

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Does Father Christmas Have a Distinctive Facial Phenotype? by Thomas Wright, Chris Law, Ben Wright, Barry Wright

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Kadim Bilgelik Miti ve Tüketim Toplumu İkonu Olarak Geyik Sembolizmi by Oya Ayan

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Of how the Father of Heaven, the Easter bunny, Santa and the angels were living together in the sky! by Ana Beatriz Cerisara

“…This text refers to the following question: After all, where was that the children took the idea that the Father of Heaven, the Easter Rabbit, the angels and Santa Claus live together in heaven? This may be appropriate to assist us in thinking about how the subject - in particular the children - is a given culture and the relationship between the imagined and the real world activity in human conduct.…”
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Default Agnosticism by Francis Jonbäck

“…Moreover, the undecided agnostic stance on belief in gods is often compared with being unsure about such obviously false statements as the existence of orbiting teapots, invisible dragons or even Santa Claus. In this paper, I maintain that agnosticism can properly be endorsed as a default stance. …”
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Abdominal Obesity by Erica Bub, Karla Shelnutt, Gail Kauwell

“…Santa Claus, Winnie the Pooh®, and Shrek® … what do these three characters have in common? …”
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Negación y existencia: El problema de los nombres vacíos by Rafael Miranda Rojas

“…La respuesta a ambas preguntas parece ser positiva, cuyos casos paradigmáticos son enunciados como “Hamlet es un ser humano” y “Santa Claus vive en el Polo Norte”. Se asume, además, que estos enunciados expresan proposiciones distintas, pues su contenido semántico es distinto. …”
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Black Pete through the Eyes of Dutch Children. by Judi Mesman, Sofie Janssen, Lenny van Rosmalen

“…The traditional figure of Black Pete seen during the December festivities around Sinterklaas (the Dutch Santa Claus) in the Netherlands has sparked fierce debates about his racial stereotypical characteristics and his potentially negative effects on children's opinions about black people. …”
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REVITALIZING DEPRESSED AREAS OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH (THE CASE OF VELIKY USTYUG) by Anna Yu. Aleksandrova, Ekaterina V. Aigina

“…The project «Veliky Ustyug – Ded Moroz Homeland» comparable to Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland has increased greatly the tourist flow to the town and improved considerably its socio-economic situation.The research is based on extensive field studies, theoretical observations and includes statistics analysis as well as the results of in-depth interviews with experts and regional stakeholders taken in 2011-2016, review of official legislation. …”
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Usability of augmented reality learning with google by Lee, Bih Ni

“…People can take pictures with a virtual Santa Claus by using augmented reality app. This research method used literature review, which included new insights into the quality of action and scientific papers. …”
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Impact of Liquid Crystal Based Interference Mitigation and Precoding on the Multiuser Performance of VLC Massive MIMO Arrays by Adrian Krohn, Andrej Harlakin, Steffen Arms, Stephan Pachnicke, Peter A. Hoeher

“…The suggested precoding strategy uses a new heuristic optimization approach based on the Santa Claus problem on unrelated machines known from computer sciences, and employs only binary entries in the weighting matrix. …”
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