A fat guy in a red suit who likes cookies and milk..
Fly's a sleigh with reindeer's strapped to the front, has mini people called 'Elfs' following his every command, and gets a dirty bit off Ms.Claus every now and then.

He Real.

"The greatest trick Santa ever pulled was making people think he didn't exist." - Spock, Star Wars.

The jolly old St. Nick that we know from countless images did not come from folklore, nor did he originate in the imaginations of Moore and Nast. He comes from the yearly advertisements of the Coca-Cola Company. He wears the corporate colors the famous red and white for a reason: he is working out of Atlanta, not out of the North Pole.

So he's fake...

Santa Clause started out as a religion origionally, but what most people don't know; the "Modern Day Santa Clause" was invented by Coca Cola.

However, it is true that CocaCola advertising played a big role in shaping the jolly, rotund character we know and love today.

In 1931, CocaCola commissioned Swedish-American artist Haddon Sundblom to paint Santa Claus for the company's Christmas adverts. Prior to this, Santa had been portrayed in a variety of ways throughout history: tall and gaunt; short and elfin; distinguished and intellectual; even downright frightening.

Sundbloms paintings for CocaCola established Santa as a warm, happy character with human features such as rosy cheeks, a white beard, twinkling eyes and laughter lines. This grandfather-style CocaCola Santa captivated the public and, as our adverts spread globally, the perception of the North Poles most-famous resident changed forever.

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Axe wrote Santa Clause started out as a religion origionally, but what most people don't know; the "Modern Day Santa Clause" was invented by Coca Cola.

However, it is true that CocaCola advertising played a big role in shaping the jolly, rotund character we know and love today.

In 1931, CocaCola commissioned Swedish-American artist Haddon Sundblom to paint Santa Claus for the company's Christmas adverts. Prior to this, Santa had been portrayed in a variety of ways throughout history: tall and gaunt; short and elfin; distinguished and intellectual; even downright frightening.

Sundbloms paintings for CocaCola established Santa as a warm, happy character with human features such as rosy cheeks, a white beard, twinkling eyes and laughter lines. This grandfather-style CocaCola Santa captivated the public and, as our adverts spread globally, the perception of the North Poles most-famous resident changed forever.

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Interesting, Thanks for clearing that up.

Reading the first few comments, i'd say they're just hungry for posts because they didn't read the thread at all.

Santa Clause: Fake
St. Nick: Real

what if he is actually real and we just don't know it??

This is going to be hard to uncover, similar to area 51.

lets be true hees fake to bribe kids to behave